Legal Opinion

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Clough

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 31, 1890PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Kirk Hawes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker

In this action on the case for personal injuries, William 'Clough, the appellee, had verdict and judgment in the Superior -Court of Cook county, against the appellant corporation, for $5000 damages, and that judgment was affirmed in the Appellate Court for the First District. A further appeal brings the record to this court. Very numerous grounds are urged for the reversal of the judgment, - and the most important of these will be briefly considered.

Between six and seven o’clock in the evening of June 5, 1886, appellee, a butcher, was driving a horse and wagon and -delivering meats to his…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. DunleavyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg Railroad v. HutchinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  3. St. Clair County Benevolent Society v. FietsamIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  4. City of Centralia v. KrouseIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  5. City of Mattoon v. FallinIllinois Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Chicago City Railway Co. v. CarrollIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Heidenreich v. BremnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Parrino v. LandonIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
  4. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. StumpfCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1903
  5. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. RosboroughIndiana Court of Appeals · 1907

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