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  "id": 5416526,
  "name": "Henry G. Heren, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company and Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Company, Appellants",
  "name_abbreviation": "Heren v. Illinois Central Railroad",
  "decision_date": "1916-08-10",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 6,298",
  "first_page": "528",
  "last_page": "528",
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      "cite": "200 Ill. App. 528"
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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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    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "parties": [
      "Henry G. Heren, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company and Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Company, Appellants."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Carnes\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Carnes"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Stevens, Miller & Elliott, for appellants; John GL Deennan, of counsel.",
      "Weil & Bartley, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Henry G. Heren, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company and Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Company, Appellants.\nGen. No. 6,298.\n(Not to The reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decisionf\nMaster and servant, \u00a7 683 \u2014when evidence insufficient in action by railroad employee for personal injuries. In an action by a section man for injuries sustained by being struck by a locomotive in a switch yard, where he testified that as he was crossing a track seven feet in front of a standing engine it suddenly started without warning and ran into him, and the engineer, fireman and head brakeman, all on the engine, testified that the plaintiff attempted to cross the track, without looking, thirty-five feet in front of the engine, which was moving six to eight miles an hour, and that the bell was ringing and whistle was blown, a verdict for the plaintiff held to be so manifestly against the weight of the evidence as to require a reversal.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Clyde _ E. Stone, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term,1 1916.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed August 10, 1916.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Henry G-. Heren, plaintiff, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company and the Peoria & Peldn Union Railway Company, defendants, for personal injuries sustained by being struck by a locomotive. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.\nStevens, Miller & Elliott, for appellants; John GL Deennan, of counsel.\nWeil & Bartley, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
  },
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  "last_page_order": 550
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