Chicago City Railway Co. v. McClain
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Flon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Flon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment of the superior court of Cook county in favor of appellee for $2500, for damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee as the result of an accident to appellant’s train running south on Wabash avenue, in the city of Chicago, appdlee being a passenger thereon, October 13, 1899. The declaration consisted of two counts, in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Ricks
The record in this case, in our judgment, contains ample evidence tending to the conclusion that while appellee was a passenger upon one of appellant’s cars it was being run at a high rate of speed along Wabash avenue, a crowded thoroughfare in the city of Chicago; that at least fifty feet in front of the train a wagon was being driven south along the track, and in front of this wagon was another, some distance ahead, going in the same direction and on the same track; that the train, notwithstanding the opportunity to see these wagons ahead, proceeded onward with but little, if any,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Slack v. HarrisIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Hartley v. Chicago & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Illinois Central Railroad v. GillisIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- National Syrup Co. v. CarlsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. LieserowitzIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
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- Pihl v. Springfield Consolidated Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1920
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