Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. Newell

Appellee recovered a $5000 judgment against appellant in the superior court of Cook county for personal injuries, and that judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court.

It was alleged in the several counts of the declaration that the defendant owned and operated a certain railroad, and had authorized and permitted the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company to run its trains over the same for the carriage of goods and passengers for reward; that the plaintiff became a passenger on a certain train belonging to the latter company, to be carried from Chicago to Monon Park, in…