Chicago City Railway Co. v. Matthieson

William C. Matthieson, a painter, who had been working at his trade during the day, in going home in the evening drove north with his son, nineteen years ojd, in appellant’s car tracks on Halsted street in a light wagon, in which there were pails and utensils used in painting and calcimining. At Thirty-third street, as he was turning east, the left hind wheel of the wagon was broken, he was thrown out and fatally injured and the horse ran away. This suit was brought by appellee, as administratrix of his estate, in the superior court of Cook county, charging the appellant with causing his…