Chicago & E. I. R. R. v. Myers
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case.—Death from alleged negligence. Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Paulin Q. Ball, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
This is an appeal from a judgment for $1,600 against appellant in favor of appellee, for alleged negligence causing the death of appellee’s intestate, John B. Myers. The declaration contained five counts, four of which were eliminated from the consideration of the jury by instructions, leaving only the second count, which, as amended, is substantially as follows:
Deceased in his lifetime was in the employ of the defendant as a brakeman upon a certain freight train, being moved in a northerly direction, between the stations Cayuga and Perrysville, and it was the defendant’s duty to exercise…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Baulec v. . New York Harlem R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Davis v. Detroit & Milwaukee Rail RoadMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
- Baltimore Elevator Co. v. NealCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
- City of Chicago v. McGivenIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Lee v. Detroit Bridge & Iron WorksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
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- Mapes v. St. Louis & Northwestern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1911