North Chicago St. R. R. v. Kaspers
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. Verdict and-judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1898.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Horton
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by appellee through the negligence of appellant.
The judgment and the verdict thereon are for the sum. of $5,000. It is contended by counsel for appellant that such judgment is excessive. At the time of the injury appellee was fourteen and one-half years old. He suffered a compound comminuted fracture of his left leg, about two or three inches above the ankle. Some pieces of the bone of the leg are gone. As a result of the injury the left foot…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cicero & Proviso Street Railway Co. v. MeixnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- North Chicago Street Railroad v. WiswellIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
3Cited by1 opinion
- Clark v. . Traction Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905