Chicago West Division Railway Co. v. Becker
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—• heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John P. Altgeld, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magbudeb
This is an action on the case, brought in the Superior Court of Cook County by the appellee, as administrator, to recover damages for the death of his son Henry J. Becker, a boy between eight and nine years of age, against the appellant company, which operates a street railway on Blue Island Avenue in the West division of the city of Chicago. Verdict and judgment in the trial court were in favor of the plaintiff. The case is brought here by appeal from the Appellate Court, which .affirmed the judgment of the Superior Court.
The boy died on November 29, 1885. The injuries, which caused his…
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