Appellate Court of Illinois June 3, 1899 (Cleveland, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Oliver)

Mr. Presiding Justice Burroughs

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action on the case by the appellee against the appellants to recover damages for negligently killing Holmes W. Oliver on a public road crossing in the town of Danvers, in McLean county, Illinois. The case was tried by jury in the Circuit Court of that county, where the appellee recovered a judgment for $1,000.