Chicago City Railway Co. v. Fennimore

Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries:

Appellee, while attempting to cross appellant’s tracks at or near the intersection of State and Forty-eighth streets, Chicago, at about eight o’clock in the evening, was struck by a south-bound cable car as she stepped in front of it after passing behind a train going in the other direction.

It is claimed that the accident was caused by the negligence of the appellant in not maintaining a sufficient headlight, and running the train at an excessive' rate of speed,, without…