Pendleton v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon.. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit for personal injuries. A verdict was returned in favor of appellee and from the judgment in accordance therewith this appeal is prosecuted.
Appellant received the injuries complained of the latter part of November, 1895, about eight o’clock at night, when it is said the space between the rails of appellee’s tracks was frozen over and slippery. Appellant ran across a vacant lot and approached the tracks from the east. He passed behind the first of two trains one running some distance behind the other and going north…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. BodemerIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Quinn v. DonovanIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
- Wabash Railroad v. SpeerIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. City of NapervilleIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Steinmeyer v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
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