Peterson v. Chicago Consolidated Traction Co.

The appellee recovered a judgment for $10,000 in the superior court of Cook county for injuries alleged to have been caused by the appellant. The Appellate Court affirmed the- judgment, and this further appeal is now prosecuted.

The appellee was riding on an open electric street car of appellant’s line on Elston avenue and wanted to get off at Central Park avenue. When the car reached a point about three hundred feet from Central Park avenue he rose from his seat in the middle of the car, at the same time raising his hand as a signal to the conductor, who was standing on the rear platform,…