Wabash Railroad v. Zerwick
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. B. H. Canby, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Worthington
There are two parallel main tracks, known respectively as the “ outbound ” and “ inbound,” from the Belay depot north to Bridge Junction, about three-quarters of a mile in length, owned and controlled by the St. Louis Terminal Bailroad Company, and used by appellant and the Big Four companies in operating their trains. They are within the city limits of East St. Louis.
On the 11th of July, 1894, a freight train of the Big Four, on which appellee’s decedent, George P. Boons, was rear end brakema'n, left the Belay depot between seven and eight o’clock p. m., on the “ outbound” track, going…
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