Offner v. Chicago & Erie Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jessb A. Baldwin, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1910. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Graves
Appellee’s intestate, Jacob Offner, at the time of his death, and for many years prior thereto, a car repairer employed by appellant, the Chicago & Erie Railroad Company, died October 5, 1903, as a result of injuries received that day while he was working in the line of his employment in the yards owned by appellant, the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Company, in Chicago, known as the Taylor street yards, and which appellant, the Chicago & Erie Eailroad Company, had by agreement with the Chicago & Western Indiana Eailroad Company acquired a right to use.
There were no tracks in these yards…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. DunleavyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad v. EggmannIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. HorneIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Stein v. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1891
- Barnes v. RembarzIllinois Supreme Court · 1894