Chicago North Shore Street Railway Co. v. Payne
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F. Dunne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The Branch Appellate Court for the First District affirmed a judgment for $2000 recovered by appellee in the circuit court of Cook county, against appellant, in an action on the case for damages sustained throug'h the erection and operation by appellant, on premises adjoining appellee’s dwelling house, of an electric power house for the operation of its railroad.
The power house was erected in 1893 and defendant commenced to operate it on June 10 of that year. The suit was commenced in June, 1894, and the declaration contained one count. At the trial on December 6, 1899, by leave of court an…
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