Dukeman v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon E. R. E. Kimbrough, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Baume
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee, as administrator of the estate of Cynthia Dukeman, deceased, recovered a verdict and judgment against appellant railway company for $1,200 as damages for negligently causing the death of his intestate. Upon a former trial of the case there was a verdict and judgment against appellant for $1,650, which judgment was, on appeal to this court, reversed and the cause remanded for another trial. C., C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Dukeman, 130 Ill. App. 105.
The evidence upon the last trial of the case was, in all substantial…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. DukemanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906