Fisher v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the First Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. H. S. Pomeroy, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Dunn
George Fisher, a locomotive engineer in the employ of' the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, was killed on the night of' August 16, 1913, by his engine running into a turn-table pit and turning over. The deceased and the railway company were both engaged in inter-State commerce. His administratrix "brought an action against the railway company in the circuit court of. Cook county under the Federal Employers’ Liability, act and recovered a judgment for $10,000, which the Appellate Court affirmed. The railway company has brought the record to this court for review by writ of…
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