Chicago City Railway Co. v. Jennings

This is an action brought by appellee, M. C. Jennings, against the Chicago City Railway Company, appellant, to recover damages for injuries to appellee’s phaeton or buggy caused by a collision between it and a train of appellant’s cars. The declaration avers : “Plaintiff was riding in a certain carriage commonly known as a Goddard phaeton, then and there drawn by a certain horse upon and along the said street, Cottage Grove avenue.

And the defendant was then and there possessed of a certain motor or grip-car used by said defendant to propel certain passenger cars, known as street cars, along…