Legal Opinion

Casey v. Chicago Consolidated Traction Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 16, 1912No. Gen. No. 16,714Published

Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Homer Abbott, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume

In a suit instituted in the Superior Court by plaintiff in error against defendant in error to recover damages for the alleged wrongful killing of Jadwiga Poduch, a child of the age of three years, there was a verdict in favor of defendant in error and judgment against plaintiff in error for costs, to reverse which judgment this writ of error is prosecuted.

The declaration charges that on April 21, 1906, defendant in error so carelessly and negligently managed and operated its street car on Elston avenue at and near the intersection of Elston avenue and Binzo street that it struck the deceased…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rack v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Perryman v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Chicago City Railway Co. v. HackettAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907

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