Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Mee
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This is an action in case, brought by the appellee against the appellant companies to recover damages for a personal injury, resulting from a collision between a street car and a wagon. The plea to the declaration was the general issue.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This is an action in case, brought by the appellee against the appellant companies to recover damages for a personal injury, resulting from a collision between a street car and a wagon. The plea to the declaration was the general issue. The trial of the cause resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of the appellee for $8000.00. This judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court, and the present appeal is from such…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
When the injury, for which damages are sought in the present suit, happened to appellee, he was riding on one of appellants’ cars, traveling eastward on Twelfth street. There were two tracks in the street; on the north one of these tracks cars ran westward, and on the south track cars ran eastward.
Appellee was in the car on the south track and was approaching May street, which crosses Twelfth street and runs north and south. There was a fire-engine and truck house on the south side of. Twelfth street just west of May street, and partly in May street itself. The accident happened on September…
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