Cook v. Piper
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. Verdict for defendants by direction of the court. Error by plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Horton
In the early part of August, 1892, the plaintiff in error, then a child ten years of age, was injured on South Paulina street, in this city, by a cake of' ice which fell upon her from the rear end of an ice wagon belonging to defendants in error. She had just run across the street diagonally, to the rear of the wagon, but not at the usual street crossing. She says that she went there to ask the iceman for a piece of ice to eat. When she started across the street the wagon was standing still, one of the men belonging with it having gone into an adjacent house. He came out and got onto the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- North Chicago Street Railway Co. v. CottonIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. BlumenthalIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Hart v. Washington Park ClubIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Illinois Central Railroad v. PhillipsIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
- Johnson v. GloverAppellate Court of Illinois · 1886
3Cited by1 opinion
- Strong v. KadlecAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911