West Chicago Railroad v. Bode

This is an action on the case, brought by the appellee against the appellant company to recover damages for personal inj uries, sustained by the appellee in a collision between two of appellant’s trains in the Washington Street tunnel, in the city of Chicago, on the twentieth day of May, A. D. 1891, while appellee was a passenger upon one of said trains. The jury returned a verdict for $12,500.00. Motion for new trial was overruled, and judgment was rendered upon the verdict. The judgment having’been affirmed by the Appellate Court, the present appeal is prosecuted from such judgment of…