{
  "id": 869080,
  "name": "West Chicago Street Railroad Company v. Joseph Walz",
  "name_abbreviation": "West Chicago Street Railroad v. Walz",
  "decision_date": "1896-01-22",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "443",
  "last_page": "444",
  "citations": [
    {
      "type": "official",
      "cite": "62 Ill. App. 443"
    }
  ],
  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
  },
  "cites_to": [],
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  "last_updated": "2023-07-14T19:10:11.174453+00:00",
  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "West Chicago Street Railroad Company v. Joseph Walz."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Waterman\ndelivered 'the opinion of the Court.\nThe decision of this cause rests upon the proper determination of a question of fact, viz., whether the appellee was in the exercise of ordinary care at the time he was struck and injured by a car run \"by appellant.\nWe see no sufficient reason for interfering with the conclusion of the jury in this regard, sanctioned, as it has been, by the action of the court below.\nThe judgment of the Superior Court is therefore affirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Waterman"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Egbert Jamieson and John A. Rose, attorneys for appellant.",
      "Goldier & Rodgers, attorneys for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "West Chicago Street Railroad Company v. Joseph Walz.\n1. Ordinary Care\u2014Question of Fact.\u2014As to whether the plaintiff, at the time of the accident in question, was in the exercise of ordinary care, is a question of fact.\nTrespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. George F. Blanks, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed January 22, 1896.\nStatement oe the Case.\nThis is an action by Joseph Walz to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of the West Chicago Street Railroad Company.\nThe plaintiff claims that on the morning of October 9, 1891, he attempted to get on one of the defendant\u2019s east bound 18th street cars at Paulina street, but through the carelessness and negligence of the defendant\u2019s servants, the car was started suddenly while the plaintiff was, with due care and diligence, attempting to get on, thereby throwing him to the ground in such a way that the car passed over his left hand.\nIiis middle finger was cut off at the second joint, and the ends of the first'and third fingers were crushed.\nAt the trial the jury returned' a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for one thousand dollars, and judgment was entered thereon.\nThe defendant appeals.\nEgbert Jamieson and John A. Rose, attorneys for appellant.\nGoldier & Rodgers, attorneys for appellee."
  },
  "file_name": "0443-01",
  "first_page_order": 439,
  "last_page_order": 440
}