Curran v. Chicago Short Line Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Hugo Pam, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1914. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barnes
This appeal is from a judgment for $5,000 damages for personal injuries received by appellee (plaintiff), a brakeman in the employ of appellant (defendant). The count of the declaration relied on is predicated on the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and the Federal Safety Appliance Act. It charges, in substance, that defendant was a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce; that at the time of the accident both it and plaintiff, its brakeman, were engaged in interstate commerce; that defendant permitted one of the couplers on the car in question to be in a defective condition so that it…
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