Legal Opinion

O'Brien v. Chicago City Railway Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1920No. 13218PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John J. Sullivan, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone

The appellant filed his declaration in the superior court of Cook county charging the appellees with negligently injuring him. while he was engaged in his work as an employee of the city of Chicago, at the corner of Ashland avenue and Thirty-seventh street, in said city. The declaration consisted of two counts, which charge the defendants with owning and operating a street railway, and that by the negligence of the motorman in charge of one of the defendants’ cars the plaintiff, while engaged in his work for the city, was struck and injured. A hearing was had before a jury and a verdict" was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gones v. FisherIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
  2. American Car & Foundry Co. v. HillIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  3. George S. Mepham & Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1919

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. O'Brien v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Mueller v. Elm Park Hotel Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Johnson v. TurnerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1943
  4. Bartlett Bank & Trust Co. v. McJunkinsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
  5. O'Brien v. Chicago City Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1920

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