Chicago City Railway Co. v. Cooper
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John L. Heaey, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1905.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee recovered a judgment in the Superior Court for personal injuries alleged to have been received in consequence of an assault made upon him by a motorman in the employ of appellant. From that judgment this appeal is prosecuted.
The action is trespass o'n the case. The declaration avers that “a motorman or driver of the said car, wrongfully, improperly, wantonly and unlawfully and without any just cause, assaulted and violently beat said plaintiff and with unlawful and. excessive force and violence pushed and threw him off…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chicago & Eastern Railroad v. FlexmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Illinois Central Railroad v. KingIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Chicago R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. BrackmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
- Chicago & Western Indiana R. R. Co. v. KetchemAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
- Mogk v. Chicago City Ry. Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Devine v. Chicago City Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1911