Yeates v. Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. W. Clifford, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Branch Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county for $22,500 in favor of appellee and against appellant on account of injuries received in a collision between a switch engine of the Michigan Central Railroad Company, upon which the appellee, a member of the switch crew, was riding, and a road engine of the same company, necessitating the amputation of. both of appellee’s legs above the knees.
A brief for appellant was filed presenting three grounds relied upon for a reversal of the judgment: First,…
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