McAvoy v. St. Louis, Springfield & Peoria Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1912.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action in case brought by appellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee because of the alleged negligence of appellant, while alighting from its electric passenger car. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $1,500.
The appellee, her husband and their three children were passengers on appellant’s car coming from the north from Chatham to West Auburn, and alighted at West Auburn about five o’clock in the afternoon of September 3, 1911. The station at that…
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- Galena & Chicago Union R. R. v. FayIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
- Hoylman v. Kanawha & Michigan Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Ackerstadt v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Chicago & Alton Railway Co. v. NobleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906