Joy v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. S. C. Stough, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
This suit was brought to recover damages for the death of Joseph Hayes, who was struck by an engine of the Chicago, Burlington and Ouincy Railroad Company on its tracks between Ottawa and the village of Dayton, on the afternoon of November 9, 1907, and so injured that he died shortly afterwards. At the time deceased was struck he was lying with his head and one arm on the west rail of the railroad track and his body extended west from the track. The declaration alleged deceased was on the track unable to care for his own safety and in great peril; that defendant’s servants operating the train…
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