Cleveland, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Hibsman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case. — Death from alleged negligence. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar County; the Hon. Frank K. Dunn, Judge, presiding. Heal'd in this court at the May term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Burroughs
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal to this court by the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company to obtain the reversal of a judgment rendered against it by the Circuit Court of Edgar County in favor of Mary Hibsman, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Henry Hibsman, for $1,000 damages, which had been rendered on the verdict of a jury,-in an action on the case in which she alleged in her declaration, such damages and more, had been occasioned to her and his six surviving children on account of his death…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. HetheringtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Blanchard v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Illinois Central Railroad v. O'ConnorIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Wabash Railroad v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Robards v. Wabash Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1899
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- Carroll v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1908
- Rowden v. Chicago & Alton RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910