Chicago & Erie Railroad v. Meech
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
This is an action for personal injury against three railroads.
Meech was a passenger in a car of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, which was behind time, and on the time of the Chicago and Erie, both running upon the track of the Chicago and Western Indiana.
The Chicago and Erie ran into the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, and one of the results was that the appellee was, as we think the evidence very satisfactorily proves, very severely injured.
Whether the Chicago and Eastern Illinois took proper precautions not to be in the way of the Chicago and Erie, or being in the way, adopted proper means…
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