Appellate Court of Illinois May 28, 1895 (Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Nelson)

Mr. Justice Harker

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On the 13th of March, 1888, while appellee with a team and wagon load of bailed straw was in the act of crossing appellant’s railroad at South street, in Dwight, Illinois, a north bound passenger train of appellant collided with the wagon, and threw appellee out with such violence as to cause him very serious and permanent injury.