BONNIER v. CHICAGO, B. & Q.R. CO.

Gen. No. 45,889.

351 Ill. App. 34 (1953)

113 N.E.2d 615

Edward Bonnier, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication July 23, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.L. RICE, C.W. KROHL, CHARLES F. WHITE, ROBERT F. CASEY, THEODORE SCHUSTER, and ANDREW C. SCOTT, all of Chicago, for appellant.

JAMES A. DOOLEY, of Chicago, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BURKE delivered the opinion of the court.

Edward Bonnier filed a complaint in the superior court of Cook county against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company to recover damages for injuries suffered on July 30, 1948, when he was thrown from the top of a gondola carload of scrap metal during a switching operation in its Morton Park, Illinois, switch and train yard. The scrap metal shipment on which he was standing was moving in interstate...

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