Langlois v. Chicago City Railway Co.

The defendant in error—hereinafter called plaintiff— testified that he had been a teamster for about seventeen years and was fully acquainted with the fact that on such a night street cars may be more difficult to control than in dry weather, and that with a heavily loaded wagon it is not always easy to cross street car tracks quickly in an emergency: He states that he looked north as well as south; that he could see well for several blocks; that nothing obstructed the view, and that he did not see the south-bound car coming from the north until the car was within some forty feet of him. A…