Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Raidy
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. Silas Cook, Judge, presiding. This is a suit brought by Daniel M. Raidy, who was in the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company as a switchman, against the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. Silas Cook, Judge, presiding. This is a suit brought by Daniel M. Raidy, who was in the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company as a switchman, against the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company. The evidence shows that on the night of February 8, 1899, appellee was one of a switching crew consisting of an engineer, fireman and three switchmen, one of the switchmen by the name of Barnes acting as foreman of the crew, and that they were taking a train of cars from…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
In this case the appellee offered but one instruction, which related to the measure of damages, and is not complained of. No exceptions are taken to the rulings of the court in the admission of evidence, and only two matters are urged for our consideration: First, that the court refused to give a peremptory instruction directing a verdict for appellant, offered at the close of appellee’s evidence and at the close of all the evidence; and secondly, that the court erred in not granting a new trial.
The main portion of appellant’s brief and argument is devoted to the proposition that the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. HarringtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Stephenson v. McClintockIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
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