Barretta v. Chicago Railways Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph Sabath, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matchett
This is error by the plaintiff below, who seeks to reverse a judgment for defendant, entered upon the verdict of a jury. The action was in ease.
Plaintiff in her declaration alleged that she became a passenger on one of defendant’s cars, that the car stopped for the purpose of permitting her to alight, that while she was doing so with due care, defendant, without warning, suddenly started up the car, throwing plaintiff to the pavement and severely injuring her.
The testimony of plaintiff and other witnesses produced in her behalf tended to sustain the allegations of the declaration, while that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. BlumenthalIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- McInturff v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. NelsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Vischer v. Northwestern Elevated RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- Heineke v. Chicago Railways Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1917
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