O'Brien v. Chicago City Railway Co.

On April 27, 1917, Owen O’Brien began an action on the case against the Chicago City Railway Company and the Chicago Railways Company for injuries alleged to have been received through the negligence of the defendants in running a street car at a high and dangerous rate of speed, without warning, along South Ashland avenue, in the city of Chicago, and striking and knocking down the plaintiff, who was an employee of the city engaged in its work and was on the street. There were two counts in the declaration, each of which charged that both the defendants had elected not to be bound by the…