Cummings v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
This suit was brought by the appellant to recover damages for injuries sustained by him by being thrown from the top of a freight car in the “yard” of appellee. At the close of all. the evidence the trial court, upon the motion of appellee, directed a verdict of not guilty, and judgment being entered accordingly the case is brought here for-review.
The “yard” in which the accident happened was an extensive one—said to contain upward of seventy tracks and to be about three-quarters of a mile long—and six to eight engines were constantly at work in it, making up trains.
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- Boyle v. Illinois Central R. R.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1900
- Kinnare v. KleinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900
- East St. Louis Connecting Railway Co. v. O'HaraAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
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