St. Louis, Peoria & Northern Railway Co. v. Dorsey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. Appellee, John J. Dorsey, as administrator of the estate of William H. Shrigley, deceased, sued appellant, the St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway Company, in an action on the case to recover damages for causing the death of his intestate.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. Appellee, John J. Dorsey, as administrator of the estate of William H. Shrigley, deceased, sued appellant, the St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway Company, in an action on the case to recover damages for causing the death of his intestate. The declaration contains one count, charging that appellant negligently and carelessly failed to have one of its cars,-—a flat car,—upon which the deceased was employed as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
Appellant contends the trial court erred in permitting the conductor of the train by which the deceased was killed to testify as to the result of his examination of the car for a carrier-iron the next day after the accident, and in permitting one Hysler, who was at the time car inspector for appellant, to testify to the condition of the car on the Sunday following the accident, on Thursday, both of these witnesses testifying that at the time they examined the car there was no brake carrier-iron on it. We think it was not error to admit this testimony as tending to show the absence of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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