Kenyon v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeai, from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. B. C. Ruth, Judge, presiding.
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Appeai, from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. B. C. Ruth, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal by the Chicago City Railway Company from a judgment of the Branch Appellate Court for the First District affirming ,a judgment for the sum of $3000 recovered by Joseph R. Kenyon, the appellee, in the circuit court of Cook county, against the appellant, for personal injuries alleged to have been received by appellee by reason of the negligence of appellant while appellee was driving along Sixty-ninth…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
It is urged that a verdict for the defendant should have been directed because it was not affirmatively shown by the proof introduced that the cinders were dumped in the street without the permission of the city. It is true that the city may, for certain purposes, permit the placing of temporary obstructions in the street. No authority is cited which would warrant the conclusion, however, that the city had the power to permit the dumping of these cinders in this street for the purpose of delivering them at that point to the sidewalk contractor who under a contract with a private party was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Woodman v. Metropolitan RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
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- Crouse v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1911
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