Harvey v. Illinois Central Railroad

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

In this action by the appellant, Harvey, who will be called the plaintiff,- against the defendant company, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by its negligence, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

It appears that at a station called Nelson on its line of road, there are three tracks running north and south, all of them being crossed at right angles by a public road running east and west. The center track is the main track, the track on the east is a switch, and the track on…