Illinois Central Railroad v. Swisher

Mr. Presiding Justice Harker

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellee, while acting as fireman on a passenger engine on appellant’s road, sustained injuries in a collision for which he sued and recovered a judgment for §9,375.

It appears from the evidence that appellee, at the time of the injury, had been in the service of appellant as locomotive fireman for about two years; that he had for a year been firing upon the Dubuque and La Salle passenger train which on its south bound trip was due at Sublette at 6.55 p„ m.; that at Sublette there are one main track, one freight house track, one…