Coulter v. Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. William C. Johns, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
This case was removed, to this court by a certiorari directed to the Appellate Court for the Third District. Defendant in error, as administratrix of her deceased husband’s estate, brought an action in the circuit court of Macon county and recovered a judgment for $10,000 damages for the alleged negligent killing of her husband, James B. Coulter. The Appellate Court for the Third District required a remittitur of- $3000 and affirmed the judgment for $7000.
Plaintiff in error owned and operated a line of railway through the city of Decatur, with five tracks running north and south across Wood…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ratner v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. ParkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
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- West Chicago Street Railroad v. BuckleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
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