Merchants National Bank v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.

The circuit court of Kane County entered judgment upon a jury verdict in the amount of $250,000 in favor of plaintiff administrator of the estate of Harold E. Seckman, deceased, and against the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company, hereafter called defendant, and Edward L. Sak, Jr., administrator of the estate of Marilyn J. Sak, deceased. Defendant railroad appealed and the Appellate Court for the Second District affirmed. (121 Ill. App. 2d 445.) We allowed defendant’s petition for leave to appeal.

The facts are accurately and adequately stated in the opinion of the appellate court.…