Legal Opinion

Chicago City Ry. Co. v. Smith

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 8, 1897PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary

This is an action for personal injury, received under circumstances, the appellee’s version of which is sufficiently indicated by a question on her behalf, to which an exception was taken by the appellant, as follows:

“ Doctor, assuming that on the 7th day of February, 1892, the plaintiff was riding in a cart drawn by a horse and crossing State street at the intersection of State street and Garfield boulevard, in this city, and that the cart in which she was then riding was run into by a cable train and carried a distance of from 225 to 240 feet, the top of that cart having been torn by this…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Linn v. SigsbeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  2. City of Chicago v. McGivenIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Chicago City Railway Co. v. WilcoxAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
  4. National Gas Light & Fuel Co. v. MiethkeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Holden v. Missouri RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904
  2. Northern Milling Co. v. MackeyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
  3. Chicago City Railway Co. v. ShreveAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
  4. Commonwealth v. FordYork County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1951

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