Illinois Central Railroad v. Phillips
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. William A. Porter, Judge, presiding. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thornton
On the eighteenth of December, 1867, appellee was injured by the explosion of a boiler of the railway company, in the Union depot at Chicago. The case was brought to this court in 1868, and reversed and remanded. (49 Ill. 234.) Since then, a second trial resulted in a judgment against appellants for $16,000, and this appeal is prosecuted for its reversal.
The declaration alleges that the engine was old, worn out, insecure, and wholly unfit for use; and that the company did not, by its servants, exercise due and proper care in its use and management.
The proof does not justify the charge of…
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- Hull v. Sacramento Valley RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1859
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