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PETERIE v. THOMPSON

Term No. 56-F-12.

10 Ill. App.2d 100 (1956)

134 N.E.2d 534

Charles Peterie, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Guy A. Thompson, Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Released for publication June 4, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walker & Williams, of East St. Louis, for defendant-appellant; T.T. Railey, of St. Louis, Missouri, of counsel.

Hubbell & Mattes, of St. Louis, Missouri, and Goldenhersh & Goldenhersh, of East St. Louis, for appellee.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARDENS delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff recovered a $75,000 judgment against defendant entered on a jury's verdict in the Circuit Court of St. Clair county for personal injuries sustained in a crossing accident in Kansas City, Missouri. Defendant's motion to dismiss based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens was not sustained by the trial court. This ruling, together with assignments of error in excluding evidence, in instructing...

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