Calumet Electric Street Railway Co. v. Christenson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tdthill, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
Hovember 8, 1893, about six o’clock p. m., the evening being very dark and foggy, the appellee was riding in a wagon loaded with furniture, the wagon going in the track of the appellant upon a street of Chicago, so far from the business centre that of any other city it would be in the outskirt, or outside, of the city.
The street itself was of that character that a wagon so loaded, traveling in the dark, must go in the car track to avoid being wrecked.
A car of the appellant running, when the wagon was first seen ten feet off by the motorman, at a speed of seven miles an hour, ran into the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Springfield City Ry. Co. v. ClarkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893