Peoria & Rock Island Railway Co. v. McClenahan

Citations

• 74 Ill. 435

Syllabus

<p>1. Judgment — limited to amount claimed in justice’s summons. In actions originating before justices of the peace, the plaintiff’s recovery is limited to the amount of his demand indorsed on the summons.</p> <p>3. Railroads — duty as to keeping excavations free from water or ice. The law does not require a railway company to keep the excavations along the sides of its track free from water and ice, and it will not be liable for stock killed in consequence of ice therein, so as to prevent escape from the track, over the same.</p>