Herring v. Chicago & Alton Railroad

Louis Herring, defendant in error, filed his declaration in the city court of Alton to recover damages for injuries sustained in a collision between an automobile in which he was a passenger and a passenger train of plaintiff in error. The declaration consisted of three counts, the first count alleging negligence, generally, in the operation of the train; the second count charging negligence in operating the train at a rate of speed of thirty miles an hour, in violation of an ordinance of the city of Alton; and the third count charging operation of the train at a high and dangerous rate of…