North Chicago Street Railway Co. v. Canfield

It is contended in, behalf of appellant that the defendant was not guilty of negligence causing appellee’s injury; that the latter was not in the exercise of ordinary care and his contributory negligence was responsible for the accident. Appellant insists that on both these points the evidence wholly fails to justify the verdict and judgment.

The alleged acts of negligence for which appellee claims the street railway company should be held responsible are first, the failure to slacken the speed of the north-bound car as it was about to pass the approaching south-bound train from which appellee…