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  "name": "Howard S. Gemmill, Administrator, Appellee, v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Gemmill v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.",
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      "Howard S. Gemmill, Administrator, Appellee, v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Company, Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr.. Presiding Justice Barnes\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Kretzinger & Kretzinger and L. L. Smith, for appellant.",
      "Earl J. Walker, for appellee; A. R. Miller, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "Howard S. Gemmill, Administrator, Appellee, v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 23,307.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Mazzini Sltjsser, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate .Court at the March term, 1917.\nReversed with finding of fact.\nOpinion filed May 14, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Howard S. Gemmill, administrator of the estate of Anton Czemer, plaintiff, against Grand Trunk Western Railway Company, defendant, to recover damages for wrongful death. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.\nKretzinger & Kretzinger and L. L. Smith, for appellant.\nAbstract of the Decision.\nRArr.noads, \u00a7 562 \u2014 when boy boarding freight train is guilty of contributory negligence. In an action for the death of a boy 12 or 13 years old who was run over by defendant\u2019s train, evidence that deceased in company with other hoys had gone upon the right of way for the purpose of picking up coal and that decedent sustained the injury while attempting to board a freight train moving at a speed of about 6 miles per hour, shows contributory negligence as a matter of law.\nEarl J. Walker, for appellee; A. R. Miller, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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