Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Corson

This is an action on the case, brought by the appellee, as administrator, against the appellant, in the circuit court of Sangamon county, to recover damages for the wrongful killing of Rebecca Corson, his intestate, by being struck by a passenger train of appellant at a highway crossing in said county. The declaration contains two counts, the first of which avers that the deceased was killed at a highway crossing, while in the exercise of due care for her own safety, in consequence of the train being run at an excessive rate of speed; and the second, that, in addition to the train being run…