Legal Opinion

Chicago Hansom Cab Co. v. Havelick

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 1889PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John P. Altgeld, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey

This was an action on the ease, brought by Sophie H. Have-lick against the Chicago Hansom Cab Company, to recover damages for a personal injury, The evidence shows that, on the 22d day of March, 1887, the plaintiff, immediately after alighting from a street car at the corner of Madison and Franklin streets, Chicago, was knocked'down and run over by a horse and cab of the defendant in charge of one of its servants or employes and injured. A trial before the court and a jury resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $3500 and costs, and said judgment having been affirmed by the…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Lanquist v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  2. United States v. Phyllis RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
  3. Medina v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
  4. Fletcher v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
  5. People v. LeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1910

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