Schmidt v. Chicago City Railway Co.

Mr. ChiEE Justice Cartwright

delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 22, 1902, at about ten o’clock at night, the appellee was a passenger on a car of appellant going south on Clark street, in the city of Chicago. The appellant had double tracks in that street, and the cars going north ran over the east track and those going south over the west trade. Twelfth street crossed Clark street at right angles, and the Union Traction Company had double tracks in Twelfth street intersecting those of appellant at that crossing. Clark street approached Twelfth from the north on a grade rising two feet…