Eckels v. Cooper
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a judgment of $1,750 rendered on the verdict of a jury assessing that sum as damages for a personal injury suffered by appellee, as he claims, as the result of the negligent conduct and management of a street car propelled by electricity owned by the Chicago Union Traction Company and operated by the appellants as receivers.
The párties will be referred to in this opinion by their titular designation in the court below.
The plaintiff was on September 26, 1904, driving a horse harnessed to a grocery wagon, in…
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- City of Chicago v. DidierIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Funk v. BabbittIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Ry. Co. v. KrempelAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
- City of Chicago v. DidierAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907
- Chicago General Ry. Co. v. McNamaraAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
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