Neer v. Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Wbit ob Ebbob to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court, of- Champaign county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This is an action brought by plaintiff in error, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, James A. Neer, in the Circuit Court of Champaign County, to recover damages against the defendant in error for the death of her said husband. The deceased was a locomotive engineer upon one of the trains of the defendant in error, and was killed on November 22, 1886, in a collision between the train on which he was so acting as engineer, and another train at Savoy, a station a short distance south of Champaign. The verdict and judgment in the Circuit Court were in favor of the plaintiff.
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