SMITH v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.

Gen. No. 44,887.

343 Ill. App. 593 (1951)

99 N.E.2d 717

Marion Smith, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied July 16, 1951.

Released for publication July 30, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN W. FREELS, and HERBERT J. DEANY, both of Chicago, for appellant; VERNON W. FOSTER, and CHARLES A. HELSELL, both of Chicago, of counsel.

JAMES A. DOOLEY, of Chicago, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE KILEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a personal injury action in which plaintiff had verdict and judgment for $185,000. Defendant has appealed.

On January 16, 1948, about 11 P.M., plaintiff, then twenty-four years old, was driving an automobile east on Third Street in Gilman, Illinois. His wife was riding with him. The automobile was struck by defendant's north-bound diesel-motored passenger train, the "City of New Orleans." Plaintiff...

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