Devine v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Arthur H. ChetlaiN, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kavanagh
On May 17, 1907, at about 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon, Patrick Welsh, a boy eight years old, was struck and killed by a car of appellant on Wentworth avenue, between Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth streets, in the city of Chicago. In the court below his administrator obtained a verdict and judgment for $5,000.
It is urged as ground for reversal of this judgment, first, that the verdict is not supported by the evidence. It is the theory of appellee that deceased left the west side of Wentworth avenue in an attempt to cross that street; that during all the time, except for a second or two before…
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