Aldrich v. Illinois Central Railroad

This was- an action in case, in the Circuit Court of Marion county, by appellee against appellant, to recover for the death of appellee’s intestate resulting from an injury received while in the service of appellant as a bralceman on one of its trains. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $8,000.

The declaration consists of two counts and states in substance that appellant was operating a double track railroad from Centraba to Mounds; that the west track was used for south-bound trains and the east track for north-bound trains; that south-hound trains had the right of…