Siegert v. Public Service Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1917. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
On July 8, 1914, William C. Siegert, 69 years old, was driving south across the Illinois Biver bridge in the City of Ottawa, riding in a delivery wagon drawn by a single horse, when his horse became frightened, first by a street car, and soon afterwards by an interr urban car, npon said bridge, and it turned towards the east side thereof, and the east front wheel struck an expansion joint of a gas pipe located upon said bridge and the wagon was overturned and plaintiff was injured. He brought suit against the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois,, the Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway…
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- Maegerlein v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
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