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  "id": 5383812,
  "name": "John D. Casey, Administrator, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Casey v. Chicago City Railway Co.",
  "decision_date": "1915-02-24",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 20,323",
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    "parties": [
      "John D. Casey, Administrator, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Barnes\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n3. Street railroads, \u00a7 131 \u2014when evidence insufficient to show failure to ring gong. In an action to recover damages for the death of a pedestrian who, on passing around the rear end of a stationary car, was struck by a car proceeding in the opposite direction upon a parallel track, the evidence was held insufficient to show failure on the part of defendant\u2019s servants operating 'the car inflicting the injury to ring the gong.\n4. Street railroads, \u00a7 98*\u2014when contributory negligence shown., In an action to recover damages for the death of a person who, on passing around the rear end of a stationary car, was struck by a car bound in the opposite direction upon a parallel track, it was held that decedent was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, there being nothing in the circumstances surrounding the accident to excuse him from looking, it being apparent that he did not look until too late.",
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        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice Barnes"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Franklin B. Hussey and Charles LeRoy Brown, for appellant; John R. Guilliams, of counsel.",
      "Darrow & Baily, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "John D. Casey, Administrator, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 20,323.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Street railroads, \u00a7 131 \u2014what evidence insufficient to show speed.' Testimony that a car \u201cwas going in a hurry,\u201d \u201cwas going fast,\u201d is insufficient to convey any definite idea of its speed when not stated in comparison with the ordinary rate of speed or some definite standard.\n2. Street railroads, \u00a7 131*\u2014when evidence insufficient to show excessive speed. In an action to recover damages for the death of a pedestrian who was struck by a car as he stepped upon the track, on passing around the rear of a car standing upon a parallel track, it was held that the evidence was insufficient to show that the car inflicting the injury was being operated at excessive speed, the only witness testifying in favor of plaintiff being a woman who was just behind decedent at the time of the accident and who testified that the car \u201cwas going in a hurry,\u201d \u201cwas going fast,\u201d her testimony being contradicted by other witnesses in a better position to observe the facts.\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard E. Burke, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate .Court at the March term, 1914.\nReversed with finding of fact.\nOpinion filed February 24, 1915.\nCertiorari allowed by Supreme Court.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by John D. Casey, as administrator, against Chicago City Railway Company to recover damages for the death of Patrick Tracy, whose death was caused by a collision with one of defendant\u2019s cars as he attempted to cross the street from behind a car, stationary upon a parallel track. From a judgment for plaintiff for four thousand dollars, defendant appeals.\nFranklin B. Hussey and Charles LeRoy Brown, for appellant; John R. Guilliams, of counsel.\nDarrow & Baily, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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