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  "id": 2877016,
  "name": "James Hughes, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Hughes v. Illinois Central Railroad",
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      "cite": "194 Ill. App. 1"
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "James Hughes, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant."
    ],
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      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Thompson\ndelivered- the opinion of the court.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Thompson"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Crea & Housum, for appellant; John G. Drennan, of counsel.",
      "Jacob L. Walden and James W. Montgomery, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "James Hughes, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. William C. Johns, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1914.\nReversed.\nOpinion filed April 16, 1915.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by James Hughes against the Illinois Central Railroad Company for personal injuries. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for $1,000, from which the defendant appeals.\nThe evidence showed that the plaintiff was a trespasser in the nighttime on the tracks of the defendant, and that while trying to avoid one engine he was struck and injured by a backing locomotive on another track.\nCrea & Housum, for appellant; John G. Drennan, of counsel.\nJacob L. Walden and James W. Montgomery, for appellee.\nAbstract of the Decision.\nRailroads, \u00a7 508*\u2014injury to trespasser on trade. The evidence in an action against a railway company, held to show that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover for personal injuries, sustained while a trespasser in the nighttime on the tracks of the defendant, by being struck by a backing engine as he was attempting to avoid a locomotive on another track."
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