St. Louis & Belleville Electric Railway Co. v. Erlinger
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. William P. Early, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee
This was a suit by appellee against appellant, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by him, while riding on an electric car on appellant’s railway.
The declaration, filed August 19, 1901, charged that appellee on a day named was in the employ of appellant, engaged in the repair of its railway tracks; that after he had completed his day’s labor, he was received as a passenger by appellant on one of its cars to be carried to his home; that appellant’s servants in charge of said car, so carelessly and negligently managed and drove the same, as to allow and cause…
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