Chicago City Railway Co. v. Taylor

Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from a judgment of $15,000, recovered by the appellee, for injuries to his person.

The appellee was the driver of a horse car operated by the West Chicago Street Bailroad Company on its Adams street line, which crosses at nearly a right angle the line of cable road operated by the appellant on State street, and the accident happened at the intersection of State and Adams streets.

While the horse car was moving westward across State street, the grip car of a north-bound cable train struck it toward its rear end, threw…