Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Lewandowski
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. G. W. Brown, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is an action on the case, brought by the appellee against the appellant, in the circuit court of Cook county, to recover damages for a personal injury inflicted upon him while crossing the railroad tracks of the appellant on a public street in the village of Lemont, in said county, by being struck by a locomotive pulling a freight train.
The declaration contained four counts, the last of which the court instructed the jury to disregard. The first count charged negligence in general terms; the second, in running said engine and cars at a greater rate of speed than allowed by the ordinances…
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