Rautman v. Chicago Consolidated Traction Co.

This action was brought by Henry F. Rautman, as administrator of the estate of Frances J. Rautman, deceased, against Chicago Consolidated Traction Company, appellant, to recover damages sustained by the husband and next of kin of the deceased, by reason of the negligence of the defendant causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate on August 17, 1904. Defendant’s street cars were propelled against a train of cars of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company at the intersection of the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company’s right of way with Forty-eighth avenue in the city of Chicago. On…