Busack v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the First Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar M. Torrison, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The defendant in s error, Charles Busack, brought suit in the circuit court of Cook county against the plaintiff in error, the Chicago City Railway Company, to recover damages resulting from his fall upon the street in stepping from the defendant’s street railway car when the car was still in motion, and recovered a judgment for $4750 and costs, which was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District. A writ of certiorari was awarded on the petition of the plaintiff in error, and the record is in this court for a review of the judgment of the Appellate Court.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mearns v. Central Railroad of New JerseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Hannon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Ferrell v. Washington Water Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1915
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