Achterberch v. Chicago City Railway Co.

187 Ill. App. 256, 1914 Ill. App. LEXIS 672
Appellate Court of Illinois·Decided May 25, 1914·No. Gen. No. 19,695·Published

Opinion

Mr. Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

Abstract of the Decision. Stbeet bailboads, § 86*—when recovery for injuries resulting from collision with wagon sustained by the evidence. In an action against a street railway company to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff resulting- from a collision between a street car and a horse and wagon driven by plaintiff, where plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that plaintiff was driving on a street car track and before he could turn his horse off the track a car approaching from behind struck the wagon causing the horse to jump across the track, and that the car was going from eighteen to twenty-five miles an hour, and did not slacken its speed, held that a judgment in favor of plaintiff was sustained by the evidence, there being conflicting stories as to how the accident happened.

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Achterberch v. Chicago City Railway Co., 187 Ill. App. 256, 1914 Ill. App. LEXIS 672 (Ill. Ct. App. 1914).

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