North Chicago St. R. R. Co. v. Burgess
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
This is an action for personal injury. The case was tried before a jury, and the Superior Court gave judgment in favor of appellee upon the verdict. From that judgment this appeal is prosecuted.
Appellee, a boy ten years of age-, was injured while attempting to board one of appellant’s cars the latter part of January, 1898. There is evidence tending to show that in company with several other boys he was returning from a sociable at the house of the pastor of the church in the choir of which they were singers; that they stopped at a corner and waited for a car; that when the car came it…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- City of Freeport v. IsbellIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- East St. Louis Connecting Railway Co. v. O'HaraIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. JenkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. v. AustinIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Stampofski v. SteffensIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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- Soens v. Chicago, Wilmington & Vermilion Coal Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1911