Illinois Central Railroad v. Davenport
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon County; the Hon. Edward P. Vail, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Glenn
This action is brought by appellee to recover damages accruing to him on account of being forcibly and violently ejected from a freight train by the servants and employes of appellant, while attempting to ride from Maroa to Emery, stations on the line of appellant’s road, on the 25th day of February, 1896.
The declaration contains two counts, in which appellee sets out his cause of action in substantially the same language. It is averred in the first count that appellee became a passenger on a certain train of appellant on said railroad to be carried from Maroa to Emery, and was legally and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. SimmonsIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
- North Chicago City Railway Co. v. GastkaIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. FisherAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co. v. DohertyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
- St. Louis, A. & T. H. R. R. Co. v. ReaganAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
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- City of Chicago v. DidierAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907