Pullman Co. v. Woodfolk
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Lockwood Honors, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1904. Statement by the Court. Appellee, hereafter called plaintiff, was a sleeping car porter in the employ of appellant,, there defendant.
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Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Lockwood Honors, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1904. Statement by the Court. Appellee, hereafter called plaintiff, was a sleeping car porter in the employ of appellant,, there defendant. March 15, 1900, the plaintiff left Chicago for the West in charge, as porter, of the sleeping car Ophir,, which car belonged to and was then being used by the defendant. At Pueblo, Colorado, the Pullman conductors were changed, McWilliams then coming on duty as such. He and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Ball
delivered the opinion of the court.
It appears in evidence, and it is a matter of common knowledge, that appellant’s chief business is the furnishing of sleeping accommodations for reward to passengers who have already paid the railway company for their transportation ; that it' never moves a car, and has no means of so doing; that its cars are attached to and detached from railway trains by the servants of the railway company on whose lines the cars are being hauled; that the moving power is furnished solely by such railway company; and that the duties of the…
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- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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