Chicago General Street Railway Co. v. Capek
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the. Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellee was injured by falling, or being thrown, when attempting to alight from an electric car, which he claims was operated by the appellant, on April 29, 1894, and recovered a verdict for $16,000, upon which the judgment was entered that is appealed from.
Speaking generally, the defense was that the appellant neither owned, operated or controlled the car, or the railway tracks upon which it ran, at the time the injury occurred, or at any time before or since; and the argument of appellant is mainly confined to the assigned…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ryan v. Baltimore & O. R. R.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1895
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