Chicago & Alton Ry. Co. v. Howell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. Martin W. Schaefer, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Creighton
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action in case, in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, by appellee against appellant, to recover for a personal injury sustained by appellee while in the service of appellant as a switchman in appellant’s extensive yards at East St. Louis and Venice. Trial by jury, verdict in favor of appellee for $11,000. Remittitur of $1,000. Judgment on the verdict for $10,000.
The declaration consists of two counts, which as abstracted by appellant’s counsel in his brief, are as follows:
“ The first alleges that it was the duty…
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