Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Lawrence

April 6, 1900, appellee, a policeman, was a passenger upon one of the cars operated by appellant. The car was running west on North avenue, in the city of Chicago. As it was passing under the elevated tracks of the Chicago & North Western Bail way Company, the car violently jolted or bumped. The evidence tends to show that the defect in the track which caused this jolt or bump had existed for two or three months, a time long enough for appellant to have notice of it and to have remedied it. The car was full; passengers were standing inside and upon the platform. Appellee stood on the rear…