Brown v. Illinois Terminal Co.

Decided December 16, 1925. William M. Farmer wrote the opinion for the court.

150 N.E. 242 · Cited 77 times

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• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Harrington · 241 U.S. 177
• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Bodemer · 139 Ill. 596

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• Schneiderman v. Interstate Transit Lines, Inc. · 69 N.E.2d 293
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• Aldridge v. Morris · 337 Ill. App. 369
• Provenzano v. I. C. R. R. Co. · 191 N.E. 237
• Ritter v. Nieman · 329 Ill. App. 163
• Provenzano v. Illinois Central Railroad · 357 Ill. 192
• Anderson v. Brown · 92 N.E.2d 495
• McCarty v. Bishop · 102 S.W.2d 126
• Cruse v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 133 Kan. 340
• Robertson v. New York Central Railroad · 321 Ill. App. 313

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