Chicago & Joliet Electric Railway Co. v. Patton
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
Appellee was injured May 1, 1902, at 8:30 p. ir. in alighting from one of appellant’s cars, and this suit was brought to recover damages she claimed to have sustained thereby. The first count of the declaration alleges appellant stopped its car on Chicago street about 100 feet south of Clinton street to allow passengers to alight, and that as appellee was in the act of leaving the car while it was not in motion, it suddenly and violently started and thereby threw her upon the pavement and injured her. The second count charges the car was not stopped a sufficient length of time to allow…
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- North Chicago St. R. Co. v. FitzgibbonsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
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