North Chicago Street Railroad v. Polkey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Farlin Q. Ball, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
Appellee, as administrator of the estate of Gustave Rucks, deceased, brought this suit in the superior court of Cook county, ag'ainst appellant, to recover damages resulting to the next of bin from the death of said Gustave Rucks, and obtained a judgment for $5000, which has been affirmed by the Branch Appellate Court for the First District.
Deceased was killed in the afternoon of March 18, 1899, while standing on the foot-board of the defendant’s grip car and passing through the LaSalle street tunnel, in the city of Chicago. He was in the employ of the American District Telegraph Company, and…
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