Chicago City Ry. Co. v. Anderson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The appellee was riding as a passenger and sat in the front end or northeast corner of one of appellan t’s electric cars. When the car was attempting to pass a wagon loaded with lumber, going in the same direction, the lumber projecting some feet—six or seven feet, as testified by one witness—behind the end of the wagon, it ran into the lumber, some pieces of which broke through and into the car and hit appellee in the back and caused the injuries for which she sued and recovered.
It would be useless to review the testimony in detail. There is no question made that appellee was not in the…
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