Devine v. Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Hosea W. Wells, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1909.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Baldwin
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action in assumpsit upon an alleged contract of carriage between plaintiff’s intestate and the defendant, brought in the Municipal Court of Chicago-, to recover damages for the death of the deceased, who was a passenger on the railway of defendant in error.
Deceased, having fallen from the platform of one of the stations of the defendant to its track, was struck by a train and killed on ¡November 14, 1907. On-September 9, 1908, a praecipe and pauper’s affidavit were filed in the Municipal Court and a summons issued. The…
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- Mooney v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Foster v. St. Luke's HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Crane v. Chicago & Western Indiana RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Mackey v. Northern Milling Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1904
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- Enberg v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915