Martin v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding. This is a case commenced in the superior court of Cook county by plaintiff in error to recover from defendant in error damages for the killing of James McDonough. The declaration contained three counts.
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Writ op Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding. This is a case commenced in the superior court of Cook county by plaintiff in error to recover from defendant in error damages for the killing of James McDonough. The declaration contained three counts. The first avers that on the’16th day of January, 1898, plaintiff’s intestate was in the employ of the defendant as a locomotive engineer and earning $140 a month, and that while he was crossing one of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
The facts disclosed by the record are, that James Mc-Donough, plaintiff’s intestate, would have been thirty-five years of age his next birthday. He was five feet ten inches in heig'ht; weighed 168 to 168 pounds; was a sober man, of good character and habits; had been married eight years; had four children and a wife; had worked on defendant’s road as a fireman and engineer for fourteen or fifteen years and as engineer for seven years. His wife testified that she had never known him to be sick in any manner and that he had never had heart trouble. His run was to Janesville, Wisconsin, and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Chicago West Division Railway Co. v. RyanIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
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