Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Sweeney

This was an action on the case, brought to the Superior Court of Chicago, by Honora Sweeney, administratrix on the estate of Michael Sweeney, deceased, against the Chicago and Northwestern Eailway Company, to recover damages for their negligence, resulting in the death of Michael Sweeney.

The deceased was a track repairer, in the service of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Eailroad Company, whose switches and lines of road connect with those of appellants, and they use, in common, a curved track, known and called the “ Galena Y,” by which trains are readily changed from one track to another.