Chicago City Railway Co. v. Lowitz
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Chas. A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. The Appellate Court has made the following statement of facts in this case as a preface to its opinion deciding the case, to-wit : “Appellant was engaged in operating an electric line of street railway upon and along Indiana avenue in the city of Chicago.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Chas. A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. The Appellate Court has made the following statement of facts in this case as a preface to its opinion deciding the case, to-wit : “Appellant was engaged in operating an electric line of street railway upon and along Indiana avenue in the city of Chicago. Indiana avenue runs north and south and Fortieth street runs east and west, crossing Indiana avenue at right angles. Running along Fortieth street are steam railroad…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The appellant in this case urges three grounds why the judgment of the Appellate Court should be reversed: First, that the trial court erred in its admission of alleged improper evidence against the objections of appellant; second, that the trial court erred in refusing to give to the jury the instruction, hereinafter set forth, in regard to the rule of the appellant company read in evidence upon the trial below by the appellee’s attorney; and third, that the appellee was injured through his own act in attempting to leap from the car on the occasion in question, and not by or through any…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. WardIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. CarrIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
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- South Chicago City Railway Co. v. DufresneIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- North Chicago Street Railroad v. KaspersIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
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