Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Dewin

Citations

• 86 Ill. 296

Syllabus

<p>1. Excessive damages—ejecting passenger from train. In a suit against a railroad company for expelling the plaintiff from its car, where there is nothing to authorize the recovery of vindictive damages, and no actual damage is shown, a judgment for $750 will not be sustained.</p> <p>2. Exemplary damages—whether recoverable. In a suit by a child twenty-seven months old against a railroad company for expelling him from its train, the fact that the conductor may have used improper language to the mother of such child at the time of the expulsion will not authorize the finding of exemplary damages.</p>