Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Banfill
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Windes
June 21, 1895, appellee, a young lady who graduated from high school in the year 1891, was struck by appellant’s locomotive engine, drawing a passenger train consisting of thirteen coaches, going at a rate of twenty miles per hour, as the jury found by an answer to a special interrogatory, across 187th street in the village of Eiverdale, Cook county, Illinois, and quite seriously injured. She brought suit to recover for her injuries,-on a trial of which, in October, 1901, before the court and a jury, she recovered a verdict of §20,000, and judgment thereon, from which this appeal is taken.
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