De La Vergne Refrigerating Machine Co. v. McLeroth
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the- Hon. James Goggin, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
This was an action brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while riding as an invited guest on the “ ice railway ” in the Midway upon the World’s Exposition grounds. The railway had not been opened for business ; experimental trips, only, were being made. ¡Numbers of people took a free ride. The plaintiff claims to have been invited by the defendants, and to have ridden upon such invitation.
Whether the plaintiff was, when injured, riding upon the invitation of the agents of the- defendants, or any of them, and whether, if so invited, such agents were acting within the…
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