Smith v. Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Co.

The appellee, Gertrude Smith, brought this suit in the circuit court of Sangamon county, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, George Smith, against the appellant, the Chicago, ■ Peoria and St. Louis Railway Company of Illinois, to recover the damages occasioned by the death of her husband, an engineer in the service of appellant, who was killed by a collision of his engine with a work train of appellant. The ground of liability alleged was a failure of the defendant to exercise reasonable care in the employment of the engineer and conductor in charge of the work train, who…