Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Clemens

This was a suit brought by August Clemens, appellee, against the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Eailway Company, before a justice of the peace, to recover damages for injuries to his milk wagon, occasioned by a collision with a freight train of the company at Taylor street, in the city of Chicago.

The case was taken by appeal to the Superior Court of Cook county, where a trial was had before a jury, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff, with damages assessed at $137.95. The plaintiff remitted $20.00, and had judgment for $117.95 and costs. The railway company brings the case to this court…