Gilman v. Chicago Railways Co.

By the writ of error in this case a judgment in favor of the defendant in error for five hundred dollars is sought to be reversed. Only the common-law record is before us, and the assignments of error are all based on the one proposition that the plaintiff’s statement of claim does not set forth a cause of action, and that, therefore, the judgment predicated upon it should not be allowed to stand. The plaintiff’s statement is as follows;

“Plaintiff’s claim is for damages caused by a door in one of defendant’s street cars violently striking against the car dumper (bumper) and breaking the glass…