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  "name": "Fleming M. Watkins, Appellee, v. Southern Railway Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Watkins v. Southern Railway Co.",
  "decision_date": "1918-01-31",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,127",
  "first_page": "445",
  "last_page": "445",
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      "cite": "209 Ill. App. 445"
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  "court": {
    "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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    "parties": [
      "Fleming M. Watkins, Appellee, v. Southern Railway Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
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        "text": "Mr. Justice McDonald\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Kramer, Kramer & Campbell and Pomeroy & M\u00e1rtir, for appellant; Edward P. Humphrey, of counsel.",
      "Morse Ives, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Fleming M. Watkins, Appellee, v. Southern Railway Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 23,127. (Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\nMaster and servant, \u00a7 683 \u2014when verdict for plaintiff in action for personal injuries not sustained by evidence. In an action under the Federal Employers\u2019 Liability Act by the foreman of a night crew to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been received through the moving of a car by the striking of other cars that were being switched in defendant\u2019s yard, thereby causing defendant to be thrown from such car while he was engaged in locating the cars which were to be switched, pursuant to his employer\u2019s orders, evidence held insufficient to support a judgment for plaintiff.\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Robert Turney, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1917,\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed January 31, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction under the Federal Employers\u2019 Liability Act by Fleming M. Watkins, plaintiff, against Southern Railway Company, a corporation, defendant. From a judgment for plaintiff for $3,000, defendant appeals.\nKramer, Kramer & Campbell and Pomeroy & M\u00e1rtir, for appellant; Edward P. Humphrey, of counsel.\nMorse Ives, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
  },
  "file_name": "0445-01",
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  "last_page_order": 473
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