Enright v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
The declaration contains five counts. The first alleges that appellee neglected its duty as a carrier of passengers and permitted the machinery, appliances and electric devices used by it in the management and operation of the car to be and remain old, worn out and insufficient for the uses to which they were put, and that by reason thereof certain of the electric devices or appliances blew out and exploded while the car was in motion. The negligence averred in the second count is that a fuse of a south-bound car burned out and exploded setting fire to portions of the car, and that appellee…
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- Barnes v. Danville Street Railway & Right Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. MartinIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Cal Hirsch & Sons Iron & Rail Co. v. ColemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Chicago Union Traction Co. v. ChugrenIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Garner v. Chicago Consolidated Traction Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1909
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