Loehner v. North Chicago Street Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Leslie D. Puterbaugh, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1003.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ball
Lincoln avenue runs northwest and southeast. Halsted street runs north and south. Fullerton avenue runs east and west. These are highways in the city of Chicago. Lincoln avenue crosses Halsted and Fullerton where they intersect. Appellees own and operate a double track street railway in and along Lincoln avenue to the north and south of such intersection.
July 26, 1898, appellant was a passenger upon one of appellees’ trains. He boarded the car at Wrightwood avenue, which is northwest of this intersection, intending to be carried over it and down into the heart of the city. At this…
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