Wagner v. Chicago & Alton Railroad

Joseph M. Wagner, the defendant in error, recovered a judgment in the superior court of Cook county against the plaintiff in error, the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, for $15,000 for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while employed b)r the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company as a conductor in charge of a switching crew operating an engine and five cars over a track of plaintiff in error. On appeal the Appellate Court for the First District required a remittitur of $387.09 to be entered and the judgment was affirmed as to the remainder. The judgment of…