Lake Shore & M. S. Ry. Co. v. Foster
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Adams
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee and against appellant for the sum of $5,000, rendered in an action for the alleged negligence of appellant, by reason of which, it is claimed, appellee’s intestate, Louis Smith, was killed December 16, 1893.
The declaration alleges as negligence,. the running of appellant’s train at .a high and unreasonable rate of speed; failure to ring a bell or sound a whistle: leaving gates open; failure to give warning of approach of train, and to provide a flagman.
Louis Smith was killed…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. AveryIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
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