Legal Opinion

Kusturin v. Chicago & Alton Railroad

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 20, 1919No. 12128PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Arthur W. DeSelm, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone

This is a writ of error to the Appellate Court for the Second District to review a judgment affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Will county on appeal. The trial court entered judgment in favor of the defendant in error after requiring a remittitur of $3321.80 from the amount of $5821.80.

The declaration consists of two counts. Both counts allege that the plaintiff in error is an inter-State carrier and that the defendant in error was employed by it as a section hand, with other servants, in repairing and maintaining the track and roadway by removing old and defective steel rails from…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. North Carolina Railroad v. ZacharySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. Erie Railroad Company v. WinfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  4. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. HarringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  5. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1915

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Shaw v. CloseAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
  2. Pipal v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1930
  3. Sexton v. Southwestern Auto Racing Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  4. Rudolph v. Santa Fe Park Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  5. Begley v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1929

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