Seymour v. Union Stock Yards & Transit Co.
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. Lockwood Honors, Judge, presiding.
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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. Lockwood Honors, Judge, presiding. Mattie Seymour, a minor, by his next friend, brought an action on the case in the circuit court of Cook county against the Union Stock Yards and Transit Company and the Chicago Junction Railway Company to recover for personal injuries sustained by him on November 9, 1899, immediately south of Forty-ninth street between Wallace street and Union avenue, in the city of Chicago. At the close of the plaintiff’s testimony in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott
Appellant invokes the doctrine of attractive nuisances, and refers us to a number of cases where that doctrine has been applied to uphold recoveries for injuries to children of tender years. All other requirements of the law essential to recovery being satisfied, these cases fall into two classes:
First—Where the injury results from some dangerous element a part of, or inseparably connected with, the alluring thing or device, as in the turn-table cases, the leading one of which is Railroad Co. v. Stout, 17 Wall. 657.
Second—Where the attractive device or thing is so located or situated that in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. StoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Hayes v. Michigan Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad v. MatsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
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- McClure v. Hoopeston Gas & Electric Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1922
- Stedwell v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- Curran v. Chicago & Western Indiana RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
- Follett v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
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