Illinois Supreme Court December 16, 1902 (Illinois Central Railroad v. Hopkins)

Mr. Justice Carter

delivered the opinion of the court:

The appellee, who was plaintiff in the Jackson circuit court, recovered a judgment for $1000 against the appellant for an injury which she sustained by stumbling and falling over a “skid,” which, as she alleged, the defendant had negligently suffered to lie and remain across Its depot platform at Makanda, one of its stations in Jack-, son