Illinois Central Railroad v. O'Connell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
Appellee recovered a judgment in the Superior Court of Cook county, against appellant, for $5000, in an action on the case for a personal injury, and that judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court.
Appellee’s declaration, as amended, is of two counts, the first alleging that on the 17th day of July, 1892, she was a passenger on one of defendant’s suburban trains running to and from the city of Chicago; that upon arriving at her destination, South Chicago, in attempting to alight from the car upon which she was riding, because of the unsafe condition of the platform and steps of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- North Chicago Street Railway Co. v. CottonIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
3Cited by7 opinions
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- McFadden v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909
- Lake Street Elevated Railroad v. SandyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907
- Friend v. South Side Elevated RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1913
- Gould v. Maine Central Transportation Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1939
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