O'Brien v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John J. Sullivan, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1919.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff, bringing a suit to recover compensation for personal injuries, upon trial had a verdict for $12,500. .Judgment for this amount was entered against defendants, from which they have appealed.
The accident happened on March 23, 1917. Plaintiff was an employee of the City of Chicago, and at this time was one of a gang of six men trying to locate a leak in a water pipe by digging holes in.Ashland avenue, a north and south street in Chicago, upon which defendants operate street cars. About quitting time in the evening,…
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