Chicago Union Traction Co. v. McClevey
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of trespass. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Lockwood Honoré, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ball
The following statement of facts is sustained by a preponderance of the evidence:
Appellee and a friend by the name of John Rolan at Ogden avenue boarded an east-bound closed car on appellant’s 12th street line in the city of Chicago at midnight of April 4, 1901. Appellee then was and is a dentist. Rolan then was and is a cashier for a large corporation. When they entered the car E olan saw one Martin Meyerhoff, an acquaintance, sitting there, to whom he introduced appellee. Presently the conductor came in and asked appellee for fares. The latter handed him a coin of the denomination a half…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- McGinnis v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1886
- Cunningham v. Seattle Electric Railway & Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1892
- Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. ArnoldIndiana Court of Appeals · 1893
- Atlanta Con. St. Railway Co. v. KeenySupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- DuLaurans v. First Division of the St. Paul & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1870
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