Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Murray

This was an action on the case, brought by appellee against appellant, in the circuit court of McLean county. A trial was had before a jury, and appellee obtained a verdict for" $8100. The court overruled a motion for a new trial, and rendered judgment upon the verdict.

As is shown by the record, Ellen Murray, appellee, on the 30th day of July, 1870, while crossing the railroad track of appellant, where the road is intersected by Chestnut street, in the city of Bloomington, was run over by an engine, one leg cut off, her right hand crushed in such a manner that it was necessary to amputate two…