Merchants' Navigation Co. v. Amsden

This was an action on the case, brought by Maria Amsden against the Merchants’ Navigation Company, to recover damages for a personal injury. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $2,000, and the defendant brings the record here by writ of error.

The injury complained of was caused by a collision of the propeller, William J. A veril!, against the bridge over the Chicago River, at State Street, Chicago, while the plaintiff was crossing said bridge on a street car, and it was admitted at the trial by counsel for the defendant that the circumstances of the…