Chicago & Alton R. R. v. Williams
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan County; the Hon. John H. Moffett, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
This is an appeal from a judgment of $5,000, which appellee recovered against appellant in a suit for injuries caused by a train colliding with a wagon in which appellee was attempting to cross appellant’s railroad track at a street crossing in Lincoln, Illinois.
The circumstances under which appellee received his injuries, as disclosed by the evidence, are as follows: Pulaski street, in the city of Lincoln, runs east and west and intersects appellant’s right of way at right angles. At that point appellant had three tracks: the main track in the center, and one side track on each side of the…
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