Follett v. Illinois Central Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Edgar Eldredge, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1915. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
On May 17,1913, after 9 p. m., an engine of the Illinois Central Bailroad, hacking one freight car across First street "in the City of La Salle, ran down and killed Kasper Zemlik and Anton Mes. Zemlik left a widow and three children. His administrator brought this suit against the railroad company to recover damages occasioned to his next of kin by the death of said Zemlik, and on a jury trial had a verdict for $7,000. A motion for a new trial was denied, plaintiff had judgment on the verdict and defendant below appeals.
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