Chicago West Division Railway Co. v. Ryan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaby, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This is an action begun on July 31, 1886, in the Superior -Court of Cook County by the appellee, a minor suing by his next friend, against the appellant Company to recover damages for a personal injury. The trial in the court below resulted in verdict and judgment for $1750.00 in favor of the plaintiff. The Appellate Court has affirmed the judgment, and from the latter court the cause is brought here by appeal.
The accident occurred on the 1st day of October, 1885. At that time the plaintiff was an infant not quite seventeen months old. On Indiana Street, which runs east and west in the west…
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