Schlauder v. Chicago & Southern Traction Co.

Appellant, the Chicago & Southern Traction Company, operates an interurban electric railway from 79th street, Chicago, to and beyond the village of Peotone, in Will county. Appellee, Mrs. Hattie Schlauder, was a passenger for hire going south on one of appellant’s cars in the afternoon of August 30, 1909, from 79th street to Peotone, where she lived. Appellant’s tracks crossed the line of the Grand Trunk Railroad something over a mile south of Blue Island, in Cook county. The car in which appellee was riding became stalled when upon the tracks of the Grand Trunk, and was struck by an east…