Legal Opinion

Rainford v. Chicago City Railway Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 27, 1919No. 12685PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Writ of Error to the First Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore BrENtano, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

A petition for a writ of certiorari was allowed for a review of the judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment of the superior court of Cook county in favor of Clifford A. Rainford, defendant in error, against the Chicago City Railway Company, plaintiff in error, for $4500 damages and costs on account of a personal injury sustained by being struck by a south-bound street car on State street, between Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth streets, in Chicago, on June 30, 1913.

The amended declaration contained two counts, but the court instructed the jury to disregard the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Eugene Dietzen Co. v. Industrial BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Archibald v. Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Boyle v. Columbian Fire Proofing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
  4. Milwaukee Western Fuel Co. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
  5. H. W. Nelson Railroad Construction v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1919

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Lumbermen's Reciprocal Ass'n v. BehnkenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
  2. Walker v. Speeder MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1932
  3. United States Casualty Co. v. HardieTexas Commission of Appeals · 1927
  4. Olson Drilling Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
  5. Steel Sales Corp. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1920

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