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  "id": 5819809,
  "name": "Henry Le Beau, Appellee, v. Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Le Beau v. Chicago & Alton Railroad",
  "decision_date": "1918-03-13",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,259",
  "first_page": "47",
  "last_page": "47",
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      "cite": "210 Ill. App. 47"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Henry Le Beau, Appellee, v. Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice O\u2019Connor\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice O\u2019Connor"
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Winston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw, for appellant; Edward W. Everett and Harold Beacom, of counsel.",
      "Litzinger, Healy & Beid, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Henry Le Beau, Appellee, v. Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 23,259.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Railroads, \u00a7 738 \u2014when evidence shows contributory negligence of person crossing tracks. Evidence held to show plaintiff, a child 10 years of age, was guilty of contributory negligence which was the proximate cause of the accident and his resulting injuries, in an action to recover damages for such injuries, due to the negligent operation of a freight train while plaintiff was crossing over defendant\u2019s tracks.\n2. Negligence, \u00a7 97*\u2014when child capable of being guilty of contributory. A boy a little over 10 years of age is capable of being guilty of contributory negligence.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1917.\nReversed with a finding of fact.\nOpinion filed March 13, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Henry Le Beau, plaintiff, against the Chicago & Alton Bailroad Company, a corporation, defendant, to recover damages for personal injuries. From a judgment for plaintiff for $3,000, defendant appeals.\nWinston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw, for appellant; Edward W. Everett and Harold Beacom, of counsel.\nLitzinger, Healy & Beid, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notts Digest, Vols, XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same tt>i>i\u00ab and section number."
  },
  "file_name": "0047-01",
  "first_page_order": 73,
  "last_page_order": 73
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