Hoxsey v. St. Louis & Springfield Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Philbrick
delivered the opinion of the court.
Nancy V. Hoxsey, by her next friend, sued defendant to recover for injuries alleged to have been received by coining in contact with a telephone wire which it is alleged by and through the negligence of the defendant came in contact with its trolley wire in the city of Girard, Illinois. Plaintiff recovered a judgment for eighteen hundred and fifty dollars, from which this appeal is prosecuted.
Defendant was the owner of and using and operating an electric line of interurban railroad through the city of Girard. The railroad was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Chicago Union Traction Co. v. RobertsIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
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