Elgin, Aurora & Southern Traction Co. v. Wilson

Appellee brought this suit for personal injuries received while a passenger on one of appellant’s electric street cars. She recovered a judgment for $3,000, to reverse which this appeal is prosecuted.

The accident happened by reason of the car, on which appellee was a passenger, running on a siding and colliding with other cars standing on the side-track. A game of base-ball was being played at the ball park, which is located on appellant’s line about one mile north of the city of Elgin. Four or five cars, for the accommodation of people who were attending the ball game, were standing on the…