Schmidt v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case.—Death from negligent act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Winder
Louis Schmidt, a minor fifteen years of age, on October 11,1897, received an electric shock from an arc light underneath a viaduct of the Rock Island Railroad Company’s right-of-way across Forty-fourth street in Chicago, which caused his death. His administratrix brought this action to recover damages for the benefit .of his next of kin against the city of Chicago, a trial of which, at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, resulted in a verdict, directed by the court on motion of the defendant, finding it not guilty, and judgment thereon, from which this appeal is taken.
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