Illinois Central Railroad v. Andrews
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion County; the Hon. Samuel L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1904.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Creighton
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action in case in the Circuit Court of Marion County by appellee against appellant, to recover damages resulting from the death of appellee’s intestate. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $5,000.
The declaration consists of five counts. All the counts charge that while the appellee’s intestate was lawfully upon appellant’s premises in the city of Centraba, where he had gone for the purpose of taking passage on one of its trains, he was struck by another of its trains and killed. The first…
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