East St. Louis & Carondelet Railway Co. v. Gerber

Citations

• 82 Ill. 632

Syllabus

<p>1. Eailroabs—liability of company upon failure to fence track. A railroad company which fails to fence its track as required by the statute is liable for any damage resulting from such failure, whether caused by its own trains or those of another company using its track.</p> <p>2. And a railroad company will be liable for any damage done by its trains, resulting from a failure to fence the track on which the damage is done, although the track may belong to another company; either company is liable in such case.</p>