North Chicago Street Railroad v. Williams
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Egbert Jamieson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
This is an action for damages for a personal injury begun on November 23, 1888, in the Superior Court of Cook County by the appellee, Williams, against the appellant company. Plaintiff below recovered a judgment, which has been affirmed by the Appellate Court.
Appellant was operating a line of street railway cars, drawn by horses, in the city of Chicago. In May, 1888, it was re-' constructing its tracks, so as to substitute the cable system for horse power. As it was necessary to tear up the street in order to insert the cable machinery, it removed the track in Lincoln Avenue, north of its…
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