Robertson v. Northwestern Elevated Railroad

This was a suit brought by Thomas L. Robertson, appellee, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, for damages alleged to have been suffered as a result of personal injuries, in which a judgment was entered in favor of the-plaintiff for the sum of $2,750, from which judgment the Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company, hereinafter' referred to as the defendant, has appealed.

The declaration alleged, in the first two counts, that the defendant had engaged .the Brennan Construction Company to repair or alter its railroad structure; that the plaintiff was in the employ of that company; and, in…