McNulta v. Hendele
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
A£r. Justice Freeman
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit for personal injury. A car operated by the plaintiff in error, as receiver of the Calumet Electric Street Railway Company, ran off the track, and defendant in error, who was a passenger, was thrown from his seat and received a bruise upon his knee, which, according to testimony offered in his behalf, has resulted in synovitis of the knee joint. This, while it does not seem to have incapacitated him from pursuing his ordinary avocation, which is hauling and lifting steam ranges and castings, causes him inconvenience at…
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