Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Halbert
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard, in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. Frank K. Dunn, Judge, presiding. Appellee recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Edgar county in the sum of $1500 against the appellant in an action on the case for personal injuries.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard, in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. Frank K. Dunn, Judge, presiding. Appellee recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Edgar county in the sum of $1500 against the appellant in an action on the case for personal injuries. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Third District on appeal, and the appellant company has prosecuted a further appeal to this court. The declaration contained two counts. In each of them it was alleged appellee was riding" in a carriage drawn by his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
Whether the statute requiring those in charge of a railroad train to give signals of the approach of the train to a public road crossing has application where the highway is carried over the track of the railroad by means of an overhead bridge, or whether such statute has reference only to crossing's of the highway and the track of the railroad at a common level, cannot be determined by the decisions of the courts of sister States or on the authority of law writers. The decisions of the courts of the various States are based upon the peculiar phraseology of the statutes of the States,…
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