Peterson v. Chicago & Oak Park Elevated Railroad

Richard Peterson recovered a judgment for $10,000 against the Chicago and Oak Park Elevated Railroad Company for personal injuries, which judgment the Appellate Court affirmed, and the record has been brought here by certiorari for review.

The railroad company operated a double-track electric elevated railroad running east and west in Lake street, across the Chicago river, in the city of Chicago, the electrical power being supplied through a third rail. In Market street, the first street east of the river, was a single track branch extending from Rake street south to Madison street, on which…