Klees v. Chicago & E. I. R. R.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Harker
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This suit was brought by Andrew Klees against the Chicago & E. Ill. Ry. Co., to recover for injuries sustained by him while engaged as engineer on a switch engine in the yards of the company at Chicago. The defense interposed was that the injury was caused by the negligence of other servants of the company engaged at the time in operating a road engine in the yards, and that they were fellow-servants with Klees. A trial was had in the Circuit Court by jury and a verdict of not guilty rendered under the peremptory direction of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chicago & Northwestern Railroad v. MorandaIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Abend v. Terre Haute & Indianapolis RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- State v. GattonOhio Court of Appeals · 1938
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- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. MalaneyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
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