Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. People

Citations

• 81 Ill. 141

Syllabus

<p>Statute construed—creating penalty against railway companies and servants. The intention of the statute, sections 52 and 53, R. S. 1874, p. 810, is, to subject the engineer, conductor and the railway corporation, indifferently, to the fine prescribed of not less than §10 nor more than §100, for obstructing highways, by stopping trains or leaving cars standing on any crossing, and not that the corporation shall be liable for the like sum for which the engineer or conductor shall have been convicted.</p>