Chicago & E. I. R. R. v. Rouse
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Trial in the Circuit Court of Vermilion County; the Hon. Ferdinand Bookwalter, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
This suit was brought to recover damages for the negligent killing of one George W. Brewer, in a collision of two trains on appellant’s railroad in the State of Indiana on the 16th of December, 1897. A trial in the Circuit Court resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee, administrator of Brewer’s estate, for $5,000.
Brewer was in the employ of appellant as locomotive fireman on a passenger train on appellant’s railroad between Danville, Ill., and Terre Haute, Ind.. He resided with his family at Danville. He was killed by the' colliding of his train; which was running south, with…
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