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Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. v. Clayberg

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 20, 1883PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. David McCulloch, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

Action on the ease, for negligence resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. Yerdict of jury, and judgment of court thereon for plaintiff. Appeal to Appellate Court for Second District, and judgment of that court affirming the judgmenBof the circuit court, and appeal from that judgment to this court.

The judgment of the Appellate Court relieving us of all questions of fact, we are only to look into the alleged errors of law. The intestate, an errand boy, on his way home at the close of the day’s labors, a little after dark, was struck while on a street, or on a cattle-guard by the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Baltimore & Susquehanna Rail Road v. WoodruffCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Zucker v. . WhitridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  2. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. SchmitzIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. MartinIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Sinopoli v. Chicago Railways Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1925
  5. Eisentrager v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1916

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