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McELLIGOTT v. ILL. CENTRAL R.R.

No. 40225.

37 Ill.2d 459 (1967)

227 N.E.2d 764

LOUISE McELLIGOTT, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of FRANCIS W. McELLIGOTT, Appellee, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 22, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BURROUGHS, SIMPSON & BURROUGHS, of Edwardsville, (ROBERT MITTEN, ROBERT S. KIRBY, and PAUL M. KING, of counsel,) for appellant.

KASSLY, WEIHL, CARR & BONE, of East St. Louis, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Louise McElligott, individually and as administrator of her deceased husband's estate, sued the Illinois Central Railroad Company in the circuit court of Madison County for damages arising out of a collision between plaintiff's automobile and one of defendant's trains at a railroad crossing in Belleville, Illinois.

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