Mitchell v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. M. Vandeventer, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harris
Appellee brought in the city court of East St. Louis an action in case .and filed a declaration consisting of two counts, each of said counts predicated upon the violation of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of 1908 for injuries sustained by appellee August 4,1912, while a yard clerk employed by appellant in East St. Louis^ The damages alleged in each count, $10,000.
The first count charged appellant was negligent in the violation of two ordinances of the city of East St. Louis, which forbade the kicking of cars across any public street of the city and the blocking of any street by empty…
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