Legal Opinion

West Chicago Street Railroad v. Manning

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1897PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

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 entered in favor of the appellee in the sum of $3500, in an action on the case brought by appellee, against the appellant company, to recover for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the appellee while a passenger on one of the appellant’s trains of street cars, through the negligence of the servants of the company in charge of the train, as was alleged.

It is urged by the appellant company there is a total absence of evidence to show that appellee was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McNulta v. EnschIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  2. North Chicago Street Railroad v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Butler v. Falls Glens Falls, Sandy Hill & Fort Edward Street RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1890

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Dickson v. George B. Swift Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Jones v. United Railroads of S. F.California Court of Appeal · 1921
  3. Chicago City Railway Co. v. LowitzIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Petersen v. Elgin, Aurora & Southern Traction Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Devroe v. Portland Ry. L. & P. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1913

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