Chicago City Ry. Co. v. Tuohy
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Abner Smith, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
This is an appeal from a judgment recovered by appellee in an action for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by negligence of appellant. At the time of the accident, April 17, 1895, appellee was a boy nearly six years of age. He was struck by an east-bound electric car operated by appellant, which ran over his right leg, necessitating amputation of two-thirds of that part of the leg below the knee. The accident occurred on Thirty-fifth street near the corner of Wood street.
The first controversy relates to the facts. There is evidence in behalf of appellee tending to show that the…
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