Chester v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Mr. Presiding Justice Jett

delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was instituted by Ethel Chester, administratrix of the estate of Alvin Burchard Chester, deceased, appellant, against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Bailroad Company, appellee, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the next of kin of the said Alvin Burchard Chester, deceased, on account of his death by the negligence of appellee company at a railroad crossing.

For the purposes of this opinion the appellant will be called plaintiff and the appellee, defendant.

The amended declaration upon which the case was…