Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Dickson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Fulton county; the Hon. Lyman Lacey, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
This is an action, brought by Laura A. Dickson (wife of Uriah W. Dickson), to recover damages for injuries sustained by her from being thrown from a buggy in the village of Prairie City, on the 12th of August, 1870.
Certain facts of the transaction are not seriously disputed, if at all. The railroad of appellant passes through this village on a line bearing some 22J degrees east of north. The streets of the village, with the exception of a narrow lane mentioned hereafter, are laid out, so far as shown in this case, at right angles, and run east and west and north and south. Centre street runs…
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