Chicago City Railway Co. v. Mead

Appellee was a passenger on a west-bound Sixty-third street car belonging to appellant, in the evening of June 28,1900. The car had crossed Cottage Grove avenue and had stopped at the west side of the street when an eastbound car collided with it. It was an open car with reversible seats, and appellee, seeing there was about to be a collision, arose in her seat. When the collision occurred she was thrown forward against the back of the seat in front of her and then back to the seat upon which she had been sitting. She brought this suit in the superior court of Cook county to recover damages…