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  "name": "Olaf Nelson, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Nelson v. Chicago City Railway Co.",
  "decision_date": "1915-10-05",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 20,864",
  "first_page": "615",
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    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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      "Olaf Nelson, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Franklin B. Hussey and Watson J. Ferry, for appellant; W. W. Gurley and J. R. Guilliams, of counsel.",
      "Rost & Smith and Ashcraft & Ashcraft, for appellee; Edwin M. Ashcraft and John A. Irrmann, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "Olaf Nelson, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 20,864.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Enoch: E. Newlin, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1914.\nReversed with finding of fact.\nOpinion filed October 5, 1915.\nRehearing denied October 19, 1915.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Olaf Nelson, plaintiff, ag\u2019ainst the Chicago City Railway Company, defendant, in the Circuit Court of Cook county, to recover for personal injuries due to being struck by an electric street car. From a judgment for plaintiff for $6,500, defendant appeals.\nFranklin B. Hussey and Watson J. Ferry, for appellant; W. W. Gurley and J. R. Guilliams, of counsel.\nRost & Smith and Ashcraft & Ashcraft, for appellee; Edwin M. Ashcraft and John A. Irrmann, of counsel.\nAbstract of the Decision.\nStreet railroads, \u00a7 97 \u2014when evidence shows negligence in crossing before car. In an action to recover for personal injuries caused by being struck by a rapidly moving electric street car, a verdict finding plaintiff not guilty of contributory negligence held not justified by the evidence, where plaintiff\u2019s own testimony shows that at the time of the accident he was not in the exercise of due care for his own safety, as it appears that while on the west side of the street, and seeing such car rapidly approaching, he nevertheless started to cross to the east side of the street, and in so doing attempted to pass in front of such car, although he knew he would be struck by the car unless its speed was checked; and such conduct is not rendered less negligent by other testimony tending to show that plaintiff\u2019s companions, who were standing on the east side of the street near a \u201cstop-ball,\u201d had signaled said car to stop thereat, which said car was bound to do on such signal, in consequence of which plaintiff testified that he expected the speed of said car to \u201cslack up.\u201d\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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