Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Avery
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. John H. Williams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sheldon
This was an action on the case, brought by Lycurgus K. Avery, against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, to recover damages .for an injury sustained by plaintiff when attempting to uncouple a car belonging to the Keokuk, St. Louis and Northwestern Bailroad Company, then in the railroad yard of defendant, at Quincy. The declaration charges that plaintiff was an employee of defendant in its railroad yard at Quincy, and that, as such, it was his duty to couple and uncouple ears; that defendant permitted a certain car,.known as “way car No. 3,” to come into its railroad yard,…
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