Chicago City Ry. Co. v. Olis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case,—Death from negligent act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John C. Carver, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellee brought suit, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, John E. Olis, to recover damages for the death of said intestate, because of the alleged negligent acts of the appellant in the operation of one of its cable trains on State strpet, at or near Fifty-eighth street, in Chicago. - She recovered a judgment of $5,000, and this appeal has followed.
Out of the twenty-nine assigned errors, appellant’s counsel have argued but four. We will ignore the others, as they have done. Two of the errors considered…
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