Chapin v. C. & E. I. R. R.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. J. W. Wilkin, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtConger, J.
The declaration in this case alleges that on May 1, 1880, the defendant company had a switch which crossed the Wabash, etc., company’s track a mile or two east of Danville, so situated that by reason of a curve on the Wabash track, buildings, etc., the crossing of the switch was not visible from the engine of a Wabash train running west toward the crossing^ until within 300 feet of it; that the Wabash trains did not stop when approaching the crossing, but ran over it at full speed. This had been done for months, and the custom was well known to the employes of the defendant company. That on…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. ShackletIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Ward v. StoutIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
- Goss v. EllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Mount Carbon Coal & Railroad v. AndrewsIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
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- Dwy v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Manthei v. HeimerdingerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1947
- Denver & Rio Grande Railroad v. SullivanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1895
- Dettloff v. Hammond, Standish & Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1917
- Hartigan v. DicksonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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