Valentine v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jesse Holdoh, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
•The plaintiff testified that during all the time he worked in the basement the conveyor was in operation; that he saw how it worked; that he saw that the conveyor passed between two posts that stood close to the conveyor, one on each side of it; that the wheels ran upon the iron rails that lay upon the floor; that when he crossed over the conveyor to go to the south side of it' to work, “he stepped up on to the north rail and then from the north rail on to the south rail, and then down on the floor”; -that above the wheels were iron rails a foot and a half apart; that when he crossed the…
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