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Taylor v. Megan

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Jan 8, 1940
303 Ill. App. 228 (Ill. App. Ct. 1940)

Opinion

Gen. No. 9,484. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed January 8, 1940. Rehearing denied February 6, 1940.

AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR VEHICLES, § 182railroad crossing, as not negligently maintained. Where automobile crossing railroad track slipped in snow so that a wheel was lodged between the planks between the rails, and was struck by a train when it could not be removed from the crossing, evidence showed no negligence by defendant where it was shown that the planking was wider than the roadway.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from Circuit Court of Lee county; Hon. ALBERT H. MANUS, presiding. Affirmed.

Sim T. Mee and Gerald Jones, for appellant; Nelson J. Wilcox, I. C. Belden and Robert L. Bracken, for appellee.


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Summaries of

Taylor v. Megan

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Jan 8, 1940
303 Ill. App. 228 (Ill. App. Ct. 1940)
Case details for

Taylor v. Megan

Case Details

Full title:L. N. Taylor, Appellant, v. Charles P. Megan, Trustee of Chicago and…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Jan 8, 1940

Citations

303 Ill. App. 228 (Ill. App. Ct. 1940)
25 N.E.2d 125