North Chicago St. R. R. v. Hoffart
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. ElbridGE Hanecy, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1898.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Peesiding Justice Windes,
delivered - the opinion of ' the court.
July 10, 1895, appellee, who was then two years and five months old, was run over by appellant’s electric motor car at North avenue and Mohawk street, which resulted in the amputation of the third and fourth fingers of his right hand, and his left leg was so badly injured that he was confined to his bed three months, and thereafter until about the middle of December, after the accident, this leg had to be supported by a wooden frame. At the time of the trial in April, 1898, he could walk, as his mother testified, “All right,…
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