North Chicago Street Railroad v. Fitzgibbons
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First.District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. George W. Brown, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright
Appellee was a passenger on appellant’s street car August 6, 1891, and in alighting therefrom at the corner of Clark street and North avenue she fell upon her back, fracturing her hip bone. She brought this suit in the circuit court of Cook county, where she obtained a judgment for her damages, -which has been affirmed by the Appellate Court.
The errors assigned are the giving of instructions numbered 1, 2, 4 and 5, at the request of plaintiff. The obligation and the breach thereof alleged in the declaration were, that it was defendant’s duty to give plaintiff an opportunity to safely alight…
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