Sowers v. Illinois Central Railroad

By this appeal defendant seeks to reverse a judgment for $3,500, rendered against it after verdict on April 26, 1930, in an action for damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff on the morning of February 7, 1928, as the result of his automobile (which he was driving) being struck by the engine of defendant’s southbound freight train at the Foster Street grade crossing in the Village of Ullin, Illinois.

The original declaration, filed August 6, 1928, consisted of four counts. The first charged general negligence in the operation of the train; the second negligence in failing to keep a…