# Merchants National Bank v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.

> Illinois Supreme Court · May 21, 1971 · 49 Ill. 2d 118

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6983970

## Case

- **Full name:** Merchants National Bank of Aurora, Admr. v. The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company
- **Court:** Illinois Supreme Court
- **Decided:** May 21, 1971
- **Citations:** 49 Ill. 2d 118; 273 N.E.2d 809; 1971 Ill. LEXIS 284
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Schaefer
- **Judges:** Goldenhersh, Schaefer, Underwood
- **Cited by:** 109 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6983970

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding proper plaintiff’s expert’s testimony that defendant’s railroad crossing was “very inadequately protected”
- holding proper plaintiff's expert testimony that defendant's railroad crossing was "very inadequately protected"

## Opinion text

Mr. Justice Schaefer, also dissenting:
In my opinion the judgment must be reversed because of the error in permitting the plaintiff’s expert witness to testify.

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