Cleveland, C., C. & St. L. R. R. v. Chinsky
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee County; the Hon. Dorranoe Dibell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Crabtree
This was an action on the case by appellee against appellant, to recover damages for injuries sustained by him in being struck by one of appellant’s switch engines, on Sunday evening, December 18, 1898, while he was attempting to cross over its tracks where they intersect Greenwood avenue, in the city of Kankakee.
The declaration contained four counts, and the negligence charged therein is in substance, that at the crossing in question appellant had allowed one of its engines to remain across the sidewalk upon which appellee was walking south, so that he had to go around said engine, and while…
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