Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Sittig
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The Appellate Court has affirmed a. judgment recovered by appellee in the superior court of Cook county, against appellant, on a policy of accident insurance.
The insured, Herman C. Sittig, was accidentally killed while attempting to board a suburban train of the Illinois Central Railroad0 Company. The Appellate Court, in stating the case, said: “The evidence tends to show that he reached the neighborhood of the steps of the station platform just after the train had started; that he threw bis valise on the platform of the car, seized the railing' and attempted to climb on, but either lost his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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