Legal Opinion

Calumet Electric Street Railway Co. v. Lewis

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 1, 1897PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin

This is an action on the case by appellee, against appellant, to recover damages for negligently causing the death of his infant daughter, two years and five months of age. The child was in the act of crossing the track of the appellant company, and was struck and run over by a passing car. By consent of the parties the case was tried by the court without a jury, the judgment being for the plaintiff for $1800, which has been affirmed by the Appellate Court.

It appears from an examination of the abstract of the record on file that no propositions of law were presented to the trial court to be…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Grossman v. CosgroveIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Heldmaier v. TamanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API