Ohnesorge v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Homer Abbott, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice F. A. Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellees, as administrators of the estate of William A. Ohnesorge, deceased, recovered a judgment of $2,500 against appellant. The suit is brought for the benefit of Frederick E. Ohnesorge, the father of the deceased, and his mother and a brother.
The accident causing the death of deceased happened at the intersection of 61st and Halsted streets in the City of Chicago, December 20,1908, about 5:30 o ’clock in the evening. It was Sunday, and there were no vehicles at the crossing at the time the car collided with Ohnesorge and his son.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- City of Pekin v. McMahonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. DunleavyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. WilcoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BatsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
- Hornstein v. United Railways Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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