Chicago City Railway Co. v. Phillips
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Robert W. Wright, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court in favor of appellee for $5,000 assessed as damages by a jury for personal injuries suffered by appellee through the claimed negligence of appellant.
Appellee, a passenger upon a car of appellant, suffered the loss of her left leg above the ankle by having that limb run over by the car upon which she was a passenger, while in the act of alighting therefrom.
The declaration consists of two counts, the first of which charges in substance that the car was so improperly,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. WardIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Swift & Co. v. RutkowskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- City of Evanston v. RichardsIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- City of Chicago v. BorkIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Alford v. DannenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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