Ehrlich v. Chicago Great Western Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; the Hon. Richard S. Farrand, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
Eudolph Ehrlich was struck by a fast freight train of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company about two o’clock a. m. of December 30, 1908, at a hamlet called Aiken and was injured. He brought this suit to recover damages therefor and had a verdict and a judgment for $3,500 from which the railroad company appeals.
At the time the accident occurred the road was operated by receivers and much space is occupied in the declaration with averments to show the liability of appellant for the torts of the receivers, but those allegations do not need to be stated. The first count of the declaration…
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