Heineke v. Chicago Railways Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan
Defendant in error, Katherine M. Heineke, recovered a judgment of $2500 in the circuit court of Cook county against plaintiff in error for personal injuries received by her while a passenger in one of its street railway cars in the city of Chicago. The negligence charged in the first count of the declaration is that plaintiff in error permitted the aisle of the car to be and remain obstructed with a traveling bag or suitcase, and the defendant in error, by reason thereof, stumbled against and fell over said traveling bag and was injured. The second count charged that the plaintiff in error…
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