Goldsmith v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Martin M. Gridley, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
In an action for personal injuries plaintiff had judgment for $10,000 upon the verdict of a jury, and defendant comes to this court asking a reversal.
While plaintiff at about 7 o ’clock in the morning of November 8, 1915, was crossing Fifty-First street, Chicago, between Calumet and Prairie avenue, in quest of his morning paper and breakfast rolls, he was beckoned by a motorman of defendant to continue his passage across the street by going between the car operated by this motorman and a ear close to and in front of it; while so doing the car first mentioned suddenly and without warning to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Consolidated Coal Co. v. HaenniIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Sanitary District v. CullertonIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. BarkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Heldmaier v. RehorIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Tracy v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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