Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Vremeister
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judgp, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stein
The statutes do not require the giving of any signal or warning of the approach of a hand-car. Ro ordinance was proven making it incumbent upon appellant to give such signal or warning. The question therefore is whether under the proof appellant was negligent at common law in failing to give appellee notice of the approaching hand-car. As in Illinois, so in Indiana, no statutory duties are prescribed for the operation of a hand-car, and in R. R. Co. v. Juday, 49 N. E. 843, the Supreme Court of that state say : “ It follows therefore that in the lawful operation of a hand-car by a railway…
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