Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Blackman

Citations

• 63 Ill. 117

Syllabus

<p>.1. General laws—their relation to subsequent incorporations. The operation of a law for regulating “all existing railroad corporations,” extends to and controls railroads incorporated after, as well as before, its passage, unless exception is provided in their charters.</p> <p>2. Railroad regulations—non-compliance, when not evidence of wilful negligence. The neglect to sound the whistle or ring the bell of an engine is not, of itself, such negligence as will justify a Recovery for damage to property injured upon the track.</p> <p>3. The injury must be shown to be the result of the omission or neglect of the duty imposed; and this the jury must determine.</p> <p>4 Liability, as for wilful negligence, does not attach to the mere nonperformance.</p>