Harvey v. Chicago & Alton Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean County; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1904.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Puterbaugh
This is an action in case, by appellant against appellee, to recover for damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while a passenger upon one of appellee’s trains, and as the result of its negligence. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, upon which judgment was rendered in bar of the action. The plaintiff appeals.
The facts involved, so. far as we deem it necessary to recite them, are substantially and briefly as follows: On the evening that appellant was injured he became a passenger upon one of appellee’s trains, consisting of an engine, smoking car and passenger…
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