Legal Opinion
Crane v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 1938No. 24640. Affirmed in part and reversed in partPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilson
Plaintiffs, Harold Crane, William Lauscher, Merivel Tucker, Charles E. Baker, Ralph Flynn and Emil Santiago, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Montgomery county against the defendants, the Railway Express Agency, Incorporated, and Charles M. Thomson, trustee of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries. The jury returned separate verdicts as to each plaintiff, finding both defendants guilty and assessed the damages in favor of the plaintiffs in sums ranging from $1200 to $5000, aggregating $14,325. Motions for a new trial and in arrest…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. American Railway Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. VoigtSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Santa Fe, Prescott & Phœnix Railway Co. v. Grant Bros. Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Robinson v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Chmielewski v. MarichIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
- Johnson v. TurnerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1943
- Miller v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
- Taylor v. City of BerwynIllinois Supreme Court · 1939
- Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. v. Ace American InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
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