Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. Riley

Citations

• 74 Ill. 70

Syllabus

<p>Excessive damages—expulsion of passenger from, eon's. In trespass against a railway company for ejecting the plaintiff from a passenger coach near a station, where no extreme violence was used, and no maliciousness or wanton recklessness was manifested, and the plaintiff was not seriously and permanently injured, it was held that $2,500 damages were excessive and a new trial was awarded.</p>