Morris v. Chicago, M. & St. P. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa
At Law.
1Opinion of the Court
Shiras, J.,
(charging jury.) J. H. Morris, as administrator of the estate of Martha J. Whitmer, and as administrator of the estate of Floyd Whitmer, and as administrator of the estate of Matie Whit-mer, brings three separate actions against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Bailroad Company to recover the damages which, it is alleged, were caused to the estates of the three persons named, by the death of said persons; they having been killed in a collision between a wagon in which they were riding and a train upon defendant’s road, it being claimed by plaintiff that the collision, and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of Chicago v. ScholtenIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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