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  "name": "Katie Hatzenbuehler, Administratrix, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Hatzenbuehler v. Illinois Central Railroad",
  "decision_date": "1917-04-13",
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  "first_page": "114",
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    "parties": [
      "Katie Hatzenbuehler, Administratrix, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant."
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      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice McBride\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n3. Appeal and error, \u00a7 1410 \u2014when findings not disturbed on appeal. Where the evidence was conflicting, but sufficient to warrant the findings, and such findings were not against the manifest weight of the evidence, held that the findings should not be disturbed.\n4. Negligence, \u00a7 90*\u2014necessity of lack of contributory negligence. The exercise of due care by a decedent for his own safety at the time he sustained the injuries from which his death resulted is vitally important to a recovery of damages for such death.\n5. Death, \u00a7 41*\u2014when presumed that deceased was exercising due care at time of receiving injuries. Evidence by two witnesses who had known plaintiffs intestate for some time, and had associated with him, that he was a careful man, valued his life highly, and was accustomed to look out for trains before crossing railroad tracks, held to create a presumption that he was in the exercise of due care for his own safety at the time he sustained the injuries complained of.\n6. Railroads, \u00a7 667*\u2014what is duty of person attempting to go upon track. It is the duty of a person attempting to pass upon a railroad track to ascertain if there are any trains approaching.\n7. Railroads, \u00a7 738*\u2014when evidence shows lack of excuse for not looking before passing upon railroad track. Evidence held to show nothing to excuse plaintiffs intestate from looking and listening before passing upon defendant\u2019s railroad track where he was injured by a passing train.\n8. Railroads, \u00a7 678*\u2014when person attempting to cross track is guilty of contributory negligence. Where there was nothing to excuse a person who was attempting to cross a railroad track from looking and listening for approaching trains, and had he looked and listened he could undoubtedly have, seen and heard the approach of the train which struck him, held that his failure to look and listen was contributory negligence.\n9. Death, \u00a7 41 \u2014when presumption as to exercise of due care is overcome. Where the only evidence that plaintiffs intestate was in the exercise of due care for his own safety at the time he sustained the injuries complained of was as to his habits, and the facts and circumstances proven showed he could have seen and heard the approach of the train which injured him and did not, held that the presumption created by the evidence as to his habits that he was in the exercise of due care was overcome.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Kramer, Kramer & Campbell, for appellant; John G. Brennan, of counsel.",
      "W. H. Pfingsten and T. M. Webb, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Katie Hatzenbuehler, Administratrix, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Railroads, \u00a7 733 \u2014when evidence sufficient to show striking of person upon street. Evidence held sufficient to warrant the finding that plaintiff\u2019s intestate was struck by defendant\u2019s train upon the public street.\n2. Railroads, \u00a7 733*\u2014when evidence is sufficient to show negligence in operation. Evidence of plaintiff held to warrant the finding that defendant was running its train at a greater rate of speed than permitted by the city ordinance and did not ring the bell on its engine as required by the ordinance.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. George A. Csow, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed April 13, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Katie Hatzenbuehler, administratrix of the estate of Thomas Hatzenbuehler, deceased, plaintiff, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, defendant, to recover for the death of plaintiff\u2019s intestate from injuries sustained by being struck by defendant\u2019s train. From a judgment for plaintiff for $2,000, defendant appeals.\nKramer, Kramer & Campbell, for appellant; John G. Brennan, of counsel.\nW. H. Pfingsten and T. M. Webb, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols, XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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