Galesburg Electric Motor & Power Co. v. Barlow
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox County; the Hon. GE0BG® W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbbe
On October 22, 1900, appellee, who is a house mover, was engaged in moving a house on Monmouth Boulevard in the city of Galesburg. In carrying on his work he used a steel cable which was stretched from the south side of the street, where it was attached to the house being moved, to the north side, where it passed through a pulley attached to a telegraph pole, and from thence east on the north side of the street some 250 feet to a capstan. At the time in question appellant was operating street cars on said street and the cable necessarily passed across the street car tracks. Street cars passed…
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