Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Pittman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. F. L. Hooper, Judge, presiding. Statement by the Court. Harry M. Pittman was the conductor of a local freight train on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad running between Momence- and Dalton. He lived at Momence, and made a found! trip each week day. He had a crew of three brakemen under him, and an engineer and fireman.
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Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. F. L. Hooper, Judge, presiding. Statement by the Court. Harry M. Pittman was the conductor of a local freight train on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad running between Momence- and Dalton. He lived at Momence, and made a found! trip each week day. He had a crew of three brakemen under him, and an engineer and fireman. On March 18,1905, he went north from Momence in the morning, and at Grant Park had cars to set out and switching' to do at the Curtis brick plant. This…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
Three feet of the west rail of this switch track had been gone, and the space vacant, for a period of from twenty to thirty days. This vacant space was in' a track graded three or four feet above the natural level of the adjacent ground, so that if a car was pushed over this space where no rail was it would naturally go off the track and down the bank to the west. About three or four feet west from the side of a car when on the. track at that place was a water tank resting on numerous posts. If a car went off this track and down this bank where the three feet of rail were missing, such car…
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