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COLEMAN v. ILL. CENTRAL R.R. CO.

No. 46198.

59 Ill.2d 13 (1974)

319 N.E.2d 228

PYTHIA E. COLEMAN, Exr., Appellee, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 26, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nichols, Jones, McCown & Lincoln, of Tuscola (Robert Mitten, Thomas J. Healey, and Harrison J. McCown, of counsel), for appellant.

Lemna & Lee, of Tuscola, for appellee.

Judgments reversed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Douglas County entered judgment on a jury verdict in the amount of $136,000 in favor of plaintiff, Pythia E. Coleman, executrix under the will of Robert H. Coleman, who was killed when his automobile was struck by a train operated by the defendant, Illinois Central Railroad Company. The Fourth District Appellate Court affirmed with one justice dissenting. (

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