Keeshan v. Elgin, Aurora & Southern Traction Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action for damages for loss of support. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge,, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
The firs't count in the declaration in this case alleges that on the 13th day of March, 1904, the defendant was operating a railroad extending from the city of St. Charles, in Kane county, to the city of Elgin, in the same county, for the purpose of carrying for hire passengers thereon with cars propelled by electricity; that on said day, at Biverview switch, a station on said road, Edward J. Keeshan became a passenger in a certain car of defendant, to be carried from said station to the city of Elgin; that before the arrival of said car at said city of Elgin, at, to wit, station 31, on said…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Smith v. Norfolk & Southern RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- South Chicago City Railway Co. v. DufresneIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Mix v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- People v. GillespieAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893
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