Legal Opinion

North Chicago Street Railroad v. Irwin

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 24, 1903PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;- — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

This was an action on the case under the statute, brought by the appellee executrix to recover the pecuniary damages resulting to the next of kin of her testator by reason of the death of such testator by the alleged,negligence of a motorneer in the employ of the appellant company. Judgment in her favor in the sum of $5000, which was entered in the superior court of Cook county, was affirmed by'the Appellate Court for the First District. This is an appeal from such judgment of affirmance.

The insistence of the appellant company that the trial court erred in overruling the motion for a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Illinois Central Railroad v. WeldonIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
  2. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. PatchenIllinois Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Gourley v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1938
  2. Lawyer v. Los Angeles Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Chicago City Railway Co. v. LowitzIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  4. White v. ShipleyUtah Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Adamson v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1924

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