Legal Opinion

Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Industrial Board

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1917No. 11586PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar M. Torrison, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Carter

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county quashing a writ of certiorari issued by it on the application of plaintiff in error.

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, plain-, tiff in error, operates a railroad through St. Clair county, Illinois. Louis C. Kirk was employed by said railroad company in repairing cars, and while so acting bruised his thumb with a hammer, from which injury blood poisoning set in, causing his death. He left surviving him his widow, who is the administratrix of his estate and a defendant in error herein. On a hearing had…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Uphoff v. Industrial BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Mineral Point Railroad v. KeepIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
  3. Nicholes v. People ex rel. KocherspergerIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Smith-Lohr Coal Mining Co. v. Industrial BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1917

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. AmesIllinois Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  3. People Ex Rel. Pauling v. MisevicIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Munsey v. GrovesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955
  5. U. S. Collins v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1957

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