Illinois Central R. R. v. Zerwick
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. Silas Cook, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Worthington
John L. Hartley was in the employ of appellant as a fireman on a freight train, and was killed about one o’clock in the morning of March 3, 1899, at a coal chute near Belleville, while the tender to the engine was taking - coal from the chute. Upon arrival at Belleville, the engineer left the train on a switch from 1,200 to 1,500 feet from the chute, and then backed up to the chute. In so doing he gave the engine steam, and after running a short distance, shut off steam, leaving it to run from 600 to 800 feet by its momentum, to the right position at the chute. There were present at the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. HorneTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co. v. SnyderIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Illinois Central Railroad v. PattersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Memphis & Charleston Railroad v. ThomasMississippi Supreme Court · 1875
- Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. WebbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
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