Shearer v. Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad

This is an action on the case, brought in the City Court of Aurora, in Kane county, by William J. Nelson in his lifetime, against the Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad Company, appellant, to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been suffered by him as the result of a collision, by which one of appellant’s street cars came in contact with a wagon in which Nelson was riding, when crossing the street car tracks of appellant’s car line at the intersection of Walnut and North Lake streets in the City of Aurora. After suit was instituted, Nelson died from other causes, and the…