Wagner v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Mr. Justicr Cartwright

delivered the opinion of the court:

The Appellate Court for the Second District affirmed a judgment for $8000 recovered in the circuit court of LaSalle county by William Wagner,, the defendant in error, against the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, plaintiff in error, and this court granted a writ of certiorari for a review of the judgment of the Appellate Court.

The action was for damages in the loss of a part of the plaintiff’s foot while coupling cars as foreman of a switching crew in the service of the defendant. There were four counts in the…