Burns v. Jackson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Thomas B. Ford, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1921.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of trespass on the case brought by the defendant in error, James W. Bums, and who will be hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, against the plaintiff in error, who will hereinafter be referred to as the defendant, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been. sustained while plaintiff, a railroad conductor, was endeavoring to stop an air leak in a train-line pipe on one of defendant’s freight cars.
The case was tried at the January term, A. D. 1921, of the Marion circuit court and resulted in…
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