East St. Louis Connecting Railway Co. v. Meeker
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Error to the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. J. N. Moyebs, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the .opinion of the court.
Jesse Meeker, the defendant in error, while in the employ of the East St. Louis Connecting Bailway Company, on April 10, 1903, received severe personal injuries for which he brought suit against the company, and obtained a judgment for $25,000, and the cause was brought to this .court by the company, by writ of error.
The proofs showed that Meeker had, at the time he was injured, been in the employ of the railway company, engaged in switching cars in its switch yards at East St. Louis, for about six months. The first three months…
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