West Chicago St. R. R. Co. v. Buckley
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
The plaintiff, being a passenger upon appellant’s car, it was .bound to exercise the highest degree of diligence for her safety. Appellant was not bound to stop its car in the middle of a block and permit her to alight there; having done so, although at her request, it was still bound to the utmost diligence for her safety in alighting.
Appellant urges that appellee ceased to be a passenger as soon as she stepped upon the street.
A carrier is bound to afford passengers a safe place at which to alight; it has the right to select such place and if it do so and afford the passenger a reasonable…
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- Slocum v. Peoria Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1913
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