Burge v. St. Louis, Springfield & Peoria Railroad

Appellate Court of Illinois

Burge v. St. Louis, Springfield & Peoria Railroad

193 Ill. App. 492

Appellate Court of Illinois·Decided April 16, 1915·Published·Cited by 1 cases

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Mr. Presiding Justice Eldredge

delivered the opinion of the court.

3. Cashiers, § 476*—when liable for injury to passenger in alighting from street car. Where a street car was stopped in the nighttime with its steps several feet from a cross walk at a point where the ground was lower than the walk, or slightly uneven, and a passenger in alighting missed her step and sprained her ankle, held that no negligence on the part of the carrier was shown.

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Mr. Presiding Justice Eldredge

delivered the opinion of the court.

3. Cashiers, § 476*—when liable for injury to passenger in alighting from street car. Where a street car was stopped in the nighttime with its steps several feet from a cross walk at a point where the ground was lower than the walk, or slightly uneven, and a passenger in alighting missed her step and sprained her ankle, held that no negligence on the part of the carrier was shown.

Burge v. St. Louis, Springfield & Peoria Railroad, 193 Ill. App. 492 (Ill. Ct. App. 1915).

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