Falkenau v. Rowland
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case.—Death from negligent act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge. presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The appellee sued as administratrix of Thomas Morrison, the man killed in the accident which was the subject of investigation in Falkenau v. Abrahamson, 66 Ill. App. 352, as is there mentioned.
We will not go. over the facts. The deceased left a mother in Ireland, who was in the neighborhood of sixty years of age, and five brothers and sisters, part of them there, the others here.
There is no evidence that at the time of his death either of the brothers or sisters had any pecuniary interest in his life, though at times theretofore some of them had received from him pecuniary aid. Had there been…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- North Chicago Street Railroad v. BrodieIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Armour v. CzischkiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
- Falkenau v. AbrahamsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
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- Chicago Electric Transit Co. v. KinnareAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904