Savage v. Chicago & Joliet Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Albert O. Marshall, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
Bockdale is a village of about 950 inhabitants, three miles southwest of Joliet, Will county, Illinois. Moen avenue, its main street, runs east and west, and is intersected by Midland avenue. .Street cars operated by appellant, the Chicago & Joliet Bailway Company, from Bockdale to Joliet, run along Moen avenue, and the corner of Moen and Midland avenues is the most used street corner in Bockdale. About eleven o’clock p. m. on April 15,1907, Dominick Blasinouski came out of a saloon at the corner of Moen and Midland avenues, started to cross Moen avenue, and was struck by a car of appellant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. TuohyIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. McCallumIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- City of Joliet v. ConwayIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
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