Illinois Central Railroad v. Johnson

On the 22d day of November, 1899, one Zeddie C. Johnson, while engaged in the discharge of his duty as an employee of the appellant company in the capacity of a switchman, in the yards of the company in Centralia, fell or was thrown under the wheels of a moving freight car and sustained injuries which resulted in his immediate death. The appellee, as administratrix of his estate, instituted in the circuit court of Marion county an action on the case to recover damages under the provisions of the statute for the benefit of his widow and next of kin, on the theory his death was occasioned by…