Renken v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. A. Akers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Presiding Justice Baume
delivered the opinion of the court.
In this action originally instituted before a justice of the peace, the plaintiffs recovered a verdict and judgment against the defendant in the circuit court of. Adams county for $150, as damages to their meadow and pasture alleged to have been occasioned by fire communicated from a locomotive engine operated by the servants of the defendant.
On November 28, 1907, being Thanksgiving Day, a freight train of defendant en route from Quincy to Galesburg passed on the right of way of the defendant through the plaintiffs’ lands shortly…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BaileyIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Toledo, St. Louis & Western R. R. v. NeedhamAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
3Cited by1 opinion
- Ivy v. Chicago Transit AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 1959