Sary ex rel. Sary v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.

An action on the case was instituted in the circuit court of Peoria county by appellee, a minor by his next friend, to recover for injuries received by him in the switching yards of appellant.

The declaration originally consisted of three counts. A demurrer was sustained to one, another was withdrawn, leaving the count on which the cause was tried. That count alleges that appellant maintained what was called hump switching yards in the village of East Peoria; that “great numbers of workmen and other pedestrians proceeded daily upon and along the aforesaid Center street, and, to wit, the path…