Feeney v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matchett
Plaintiff sued the defendant street railway companies and in her declaration alleged that she was a passenger for hire on one of their cars; that it became the duty of defendants to furnish her a safe place in which to alight, which they did not do, but negligently and carelessly caused the car upon which plaintiff was riding to stop at a point where the street was torn up and in a state of disrepair, and negligently caused plaintiff and other passengers to alight from it in the said unsafe and dangerous place, which while plaintiff was doing, in the exercise of due care, she fell and was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bigelow v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Sweet v. Louisville Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. SchmidtIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- West Chicago St. R. R. Co. v. BuckleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
- Whitmore v. Detroit United RailwayMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
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