Coffin v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
The appellee brought suit against appellant for damages for personal injuries.
The testimony on behalf of the appellee tended to show that the appellee at about seven thirty in the evening of October 7, 1903, was walking west on Randolph street and started to cross on the bascule bridge over the Chicago river. After he was on the same, without warning of any kind the bridge was suddenly raised, causing him to slide down and be caught between the .bridge and an adjustable, or movable, iron apron extending west from the wooden part of the sidewalk, crushing his legs and necessitating the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Gavin v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- Kluska v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901