Eckels v. Henning
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
If we could see any way open to us, without the disregard of clear rules of law, to consider and decide this cause upon the merits as between the plaintiff and the receivers of the Chicago Union Traction Company, who (although we cannot so inform ourselves from the record because of the absence of the date of the orders appointing them) were undoubtedly operating the car which is alleged to have caused the plaintiffs injury, we should so do.
With the spirit of Judge Freeman’s view implied in West. Chicago Street Railroad Company et al. v. Muttschall, 131 Ill. App., 639, that the defendants…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pennsylvania Co. v. EllettIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Chicago Union Traction Co. v. JerkaIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Pennsylvania Co. v. ChapmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Eckels v. MuttschallIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Eckels v. FarleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907
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