Crouse v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. T. G. Windes, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1909. Affirmed. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
The appellant at the time of the accident which is the foundation, of this proceeding, was engaged in installing a concrete pavement on 'Cottage Grove avenue, at and north of the intersection of Seventy-first street, under contract with the City of Chicago. It had placed near Seventy-first street a cross-piece or “horse,” consisting of two pieces of plank about five feet in length, in substantially the form of a sawhorse, at a distance of three or four feet from the outer rails of the street car tracks near Seventy-first street, upon which a plank was placed slanting towards and extending to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- North Chicago Street Railroad v. PolkeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Chicago Consolidated Traction Co. v. SchritterIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Illinois Central Railroad v. AlandIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Kenyon v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Gascoigne v. Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Angelini v. SnowAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978