Hawk v. Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad

This-was an action brought by Addison H. Hawk, against the Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad Company, to recover damages for a personal injury received while standing on the platform of a certain caboose of the company, on its tracks at Aurora. The declaration contained five counts. They are, however, substantially alike. The material part of the charge in each count is, that on a certain date the plaintiff was a shipper of live stock from Chadwick, in Carroll county, to Chicago; that pursuant to contract he shipped over defendant’s road several cars of live stock, and by the contract…