Atchison, T. & S. F. R. R. v. Alsdurf
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case.—Death from negligent act. Error to the Circuit Court of Grundy County; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Crabtree
This was an action on the case to recover damages sustained by the widow and next of kin of Eugene C. Judd, deceased, who was a brakeman in the employ of plaintiff in error, and was killed while working about one of its trains of cars at Mason, Ill., on November 12, 1890. There was a trial by jury resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of defendant in error for $2,000.
The case has been before this court on two former occasions, and twice the judgment of. the court below has been reversed. 47 Ill. App. 200; 56 Ill. App. 578.
The facts are substantially as stated in our first opinion as…
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