Campbell v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph Sabath, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1917.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Taylor
The plaintiff having obtained in a personal injury suit a judgment for $17,000, the defendant by this appeal seeks a reversal. The plaintiff, a teamster, drove a horse and wagon south on Halsted street and at the Congress street intersection turned east and while crossing the northbound track was struck by a car coming from the south.
The plaintiff, who was 40 years old, had been a teamster since 1900, and was employed by the Leverentz Teaming Company, whose bam was south and east of the place where the accident occurred. The wagon was drawn by a dark bay, a good-sized, able, young, obedient…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Schlauder v. Chicago & Southern Traction Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1911
- Lee v. Chicago City Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1906
- Netterfield v. New York City Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- McEniry v. Tri-City Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1912
- Cronch v. Peoria, Lincoln & Springfield Traction Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1913