Lips v. Chicago City Railway Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Taylor

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellee, Philipp Lips, as administrator of the estate of Theodore Bierbaum, deceased, brought suit under the statute to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the widow and next of kin of his intestate, through the negligence of the appellant. The declaration contains three counts, each of which charges, substantially, that a conductor of appellant, without just cause, and while Bierbaum (the deceased) was exercising due care for his own safety, negligently pushed him off one of appellant’s street cars and caused him…