Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. People ex rel. Tilton
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. James F. Hughes, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott
This action was brought in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, for the use of Frederick Tilton, against the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, to recover a penalty imposed by the act of 1877, amendatory of section 62, of chapter 114, of the Revised Statutes of 1874. On the trial in the circuit court, plaintiff recovered a judgment for $100, which was affirmed in the Appellate Court for the Third District, and defendant brings the ease to this court on error.
Concerning some of the facts, no controversy existed at the trial, and all controverted facts, of course, have…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Schertz v. Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Doyle v. Village of BradfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
3Cited by3 opinions
- Christy v. ElliottIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Fowler v. Chicago Railways Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1917
- Pennsylvania Co. v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903