Illinois Central Railroad v. Neer

This action was brought by the administratrix of James A. Beer, deceased, to recover damages by reason of the death of said Beer. There was judgment for the plaintiff below for $5,000, from which an appeal is prosecuted by the railroad company. The deceased was a locomotive engineer, and came to his death by running into a train that was standing on the track at Savoy station. The two trains were going in the same direction but the forward train was some four hours behind time. The right to recover is predicated upon the fact that the deceased did not know this train was late; that he was…