Dudley v. Peoria Railway Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellee was sitting in a buggy standing next to the curb on a street in the city of Peoria upon which appellant operated a double track street railway line. Her husband got into the buggy, and taking the reins, drove across the track, directly behind a car that passed on the nearest track, and the buggy was struck by a car going in the opposite direction on the other track, and appellee was thrown out and injured, and she brought this suit to recover damages for the injury. The abstract shows us that there was a verdict against…