Live Stock National Bank v. Richardson

Mr. Presiding Justice Denis E. Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant city of Chicago brings this appeal from a judgment for $3,500 entered in the circuit court in favor of plaintiff, Live Stock National Bank of Chicago, administrator of the estate of Ignatius Philips, deceased, and against said defendant. The other defendants, receivers of the street car company, were found not guilty by the verdict of the jury.

It appears that the accident which caused the death of Ignatius Philips, occurred on November 17, 1934, shortly after midnight. Philips and two of his fellow workmen,…