Vesey v. City of Chicago

On February 2, 1897, between 7 and 8 P. M. plaintiff, walking south on the east side of Stony Island avenue across Seventy-first street, struck the north rail of the Illinois Central tracks which run on Seventy-first street, fell and received severe injuries. One judgment recovered by him against the city was reversed in this court, 105 Ill. App. 191. The verdict of a second jury against him was set aside; od the verdict of the third jury against him judgment was entered. The case is now before us on an appeal from that judgment.

The facts as stated in 105 Ill. App. 191, and as they appear…