Illinois Central Railroad v. Johnson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. J. W. Mack, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright
This is an action on the case brought by appellee, as administratrix of the estate of her son, Carl Robert George Johnson, in the circuit court of Cook county, to recover damages from appellant for causing his death.
The declaration alleged that the deceased, who was a minor, became a passenger on November 3, 1900, on one of defendant’s trains, in the front car next to the engine, at West Pullman station, to be carried to Pullman station; that the train arrived at Pullman station about 7:45 in the evening ; that at Pullman station there was an elevated platform between the tracks for…
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