BOYER v. A.T. & S.F. RY. CO.

No. 40052.

38 Ill.2d 31 (1967)

230 N.E.2d 173

EVERD S. BOYER, Appellee, v. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY CO., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FLOYD STUPPI, JOHN J. SCHMIDT, and GUS SVOLOS, all of Chicago, for appellant.

OZMON AND LEWIN, of Chicago, (SIDNEY Z. KARASIK, of counsel,) for appellee.

KIRKLAND, ELLIS, HODSON, CHAFFETZ & MASTERS, of Chicago, (CHARLES M. RUSH and PHILIP F. JOHNSON, of counsel,) for amicus curiae Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company.

JOHN H. GOBEL, RICHARD F. KOPROSKE, THEODORE G. SCHUSTER, JAMES P. REEDY, ROBERT W. RUSSELL, LAWRENCE LAWLESS, ALVIN E. DOMASH, and ARTHUR L. FOSTER, all of Chicago, for other amici curiae.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal by the defendant, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, comes to this court through a certificate of importance issued by the Appellate Court, First District, certifying that questions of law of such importance are involved that they should be passed on by this court. The questions presented are: (1) whether a violation...

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