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ERNHART v. E., J. & E. RY. CO.

No. 31163.

405 Ill. 577 (1950)

92 N.E.2d 96

KENNETH S. ERNHART, Appellee, v. ELGIN, JOLIET AND EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 15, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KNAPP, CUSHING, HERSHBERGER & STEVENSON, of Chicago, (HARLAN L. HACKBERT, of counsel,) for appellant.

JOSEPH D. RYAN, and LOUIS P. MILLER, both of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

In an action in the superior court of Cook County under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, (45 U.S.C.A. par. 51 et seq.), the plaintiff, Kenneth S. Ernhart, recovered a judgment of $40,000 for personal injuries suffered when defective equipment allegedly caused him to fall from a train of the defendant, Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway...

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