Chicago West Division Railway Co. v. Lambert

Mr! Justice Sheldon

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District, affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county, in favor of the appellee, against the appellant. The. cause of- action set out in the declaration is, that the defendant railway company was operating a street railroad in the city of Chicago, and while the plaintiff was in the act of alighting from one of the company’s cars, the car was negligently started suddenly forward, whereby plaintiff was thrown heavily to the ground, and received the injury…