Legal Opinion

Chicago & Alton Railroad v. McDonnell

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1901PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. Kavanagh, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

delivered the.opinion of the court:

The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed a judgment in the sum of 85000 entered in the superior court of Cook county in favor of the appellee and against the appellant company, and a further appeal has brought the record into this court.

The declaration'was in case, and in substance alleged that a street car in which the appellee was riding as a passenger was, through the negligence of employees of the appellant company, ran upon by a freight train of the appellant company and that the appellee was injured in the collision.

It is first urged the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Harvey v. HamiltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Harvey v. HamiltonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
  3. West Chicago Street Railroad v. LevyIllinois Supreme Court · 1899

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Missouri, O. & G. Ry. Co. v. CollinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  2. Kane v. New Idea Realty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
  3. East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co. v. ZinkIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Barnett Record Co. v. SchlapkaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903
  5. Illinois Central Railroad v. RothschildAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907

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