Hyndman v. Chicago Junction Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1909.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought by the appellee to recover for injuries received shortly after six o’clock on the morning of November 5, 1903, as the result of being struck by the tender of one of appellant’s locomotives at a point opposite Center Avenue, at the southern boundary of the Union Stock Yards, Chicago.
It appears from the record that the territory known as the Stock Yards is bounded on the south hy Forty-seventh street, and on the east and west by public streets in the city of Chicago. Center avenue extends south from…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. HalseyIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BatsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
- Boyle v. Illinois Central R. R.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1900
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. OlsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904