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PITROWSKI v. N.Y., C. & ST. L.R.R. CO.

No. 33177.

4 Ill.2d 125 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 262

RUTH PITROWSKI, Admx., Appellant, v. THE NEW YORK, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 15, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARION J. HANNIGAN, and EDWARD G. BICEK, (EDWARD WOLFE, of counsel,) all of Chicago, for appellant.

WINSTON, STRAWN, BLACK & TOWNER, of Chicago, (GEORGE B. CHRISTENSEN, DOUGLAS C. MOIR, and EDWARD J. WENDROW, of counsel,) for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was brought in the circuit court of Cook County by Ruth Pitrowski, plaintiff-appellant, under the provisions of the Federal Employer's Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. sec. 51 et seq.) against the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, to recover damages for the death of her husband.

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