Hyde v. Danville, Urbana & Champaign Railway Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Hyde v. Danville, Urbana & Champaign Railway Co.

193 Ill. App. 569, 1915 Ill. App. LEXIS 698

Appellate Court of Illinois·Decided April 16, 1915·Published

Opinion

Mr. Justice Scholfield

delivered the opinion of the court.

5. Street railroads', § 117*—when ordinance requiring construction of sidewalk admissible in action for death of traveler. An ordinance requiring an electric railway company to construct and maintain sidewalks where its private right of way crossed city streets, is admissible in evidence in an action for the death of a bicycle rider who was struck and killed at a defective street crossing, where the failure to construct and maintain such sidewalk was alleged as negligence.

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Mr. Justice Scholfield

delivered the opinion of the court.

5. Street railroads', § 117*—when ordinance requiring construction of sidewalk admissible in action for death of traveler. An ordinance requiring an electric railway company to construct and maintain sidewalks where its private right of way crossed city streets, is admissible in evidence in an action for the death of a bicycle rider who was struck and killed at a defective street crossing, where the failure to construct and maintain such sidewalk was alleged as negligence.

Hyde v. Danville, Urbana & Champaign Railway Co., 193 Ill. App. 569, 1915 Ill. App. LEXIS 698 (Ill. Ct. App. 1915).

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