Chicago City Railway Co. v. Math
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stein
This is an appeal from a judgment for $3,800, recovered by appellee against appellant for its alleged negligent killing of Charles A. "Rietzl, a boy fourteen years old, who, while riding on the east foot-board of appellant’s northbound electric car on Clark street, near Fourteenth, in Chicago, was thrown to the ground and killed in consequence of a collision between said car and a truck wagon of the Joseph Stockton Company.
The declaration, as amended, charged that by reason of the negligence of appellant in managing and operating its oar at a careless and reckless rate of speed, and of the…
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