Haas v. Hines
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. Augustus A. Partlow, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1919. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waggoner
delivered the opinion of the court.
On January 24, 1918, Ernest Haas and his mother, Bertha Haas, were struck and killed by a passenger train of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company at a street crossing in Rossville, Illinois. At the time of the accident they were riding in a single-seated buggy with the top up, side curtains on, and drawn by a horse driven by Ernest Haas.
This suit was brought by the administrator of the estate of Ernest Haas to recover damages for the death of said decedent, and a judgment for $2,500 was recovered.
The case was tried…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Dukeman v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. WilcoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Bradley v. PalmerIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Trapp v. Rockford Electric Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1914
- Swan v. Boston StoreAppellate Court of Illinois · 1914
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