Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Leach

The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed a judgment for $3000 recovered by appellee in the superior court of Cook county against appellant for damages on account of injuries received by her in a collision between a car of appellant and a closed carriage in which she was riding. This appeal was prosecuted from the judgment of the Appellate Court.

Plaintiff and her husband were in the carriage and the driver was an employee of the liveryman from whom it was hired. Neither plaintiff nor her husband gave any direction to the driver except to tell him where they were to be taken. They…