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        "text": "Me. Justice Freeman\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nThis was an action by appellee to recover damages for personal injuries. It is contended that the verdict is manifestly against the weight of the evidence; that there was no negligence on the part of the driver of the wagon; that the negligence of appellee was not only contributory, but \u2018the actual cause of the accident; and that the Circuit Court erred in refusing to instruct .the jury to find a verdict for the defendant.\nThe accident occurred about 2 p. m. of October 21, 1893, Appellee had left the northwest corner of Clark and South Water streets, Chicago, and started east to cross Clark street. The wagon of the express company was upon the west track of the street railway company, coming down the incline from the bridge, with other wagons behind it. One of these latter \u201c seemed to be in a greater hurry than the express wagon, which was immediately before it,\u201d and pulled out from its place in the rear into the vacant space between the curb and the car track. Appellee saw this wagon pull out of the line, and says he crossed in front of it, \u201cintending to stay there for an opportunity to cross again through the space made vacant where this wagon pulled out.\u201d He had plenty of time, according to his statement, to pass in front of the wagon which had thus pulled out of line, but there was another wagon backed in there standing diagonally, and the advancing wagon \u201cpulled too close to the express wagon \u201d to allow room for him to stand between them. Appellee made no outcry and gave no alarm, but finding himself, as he says, in a trap, started to cross in front of the appellant\u2019s wagon, when the latter was so near him that he \u201chad to make a little detour to get in front past the horse.\u201d He testifies that the driver was \u201c driving down slowly,\u201d and he succeeded in getting nearly over, but \u25a0was struck and knocked down and was run over by the east wheel of the express wagon.\nThe statement of the driver does not materially differ as to these facts from that of appellee, except that he says he did see the latter while he, the driver, was coming down the incline. He says: \u201c At the time I saw him he walked * * * within two or three feet of the street car track and stood there. * \"x\" * When I was within seven or eight feet of him he stopped. \u201c * \"\" I thought he was going to stay there. He stopped as though he intended to let me pass. Just as I got within two or three feet of him he started to cross, and made a kind of jump forward. I hollered at him, but he went right ahead. * * * He jumped suddenly, as I didn\u2019t expect it; he got right in front of the horse.\u201d\nAppellee\u2019s counsel contends that the driver was negligent, because it is said he was driving with loose reins, was engaged in conversation and not \u201c looking where he was going,\u201d and because bis horse was going at a slow trot. Appellant\u2019s testimony is in conflict with that of the appelpellee\u2019s witnesses in these respects. But assuming that the facts are as claimed by appellee\u2019s counsel, it does not appear that such alleged negligence caused or contributed to the accident. Appellee did not start to pass in front of the wagon until it was so close to him that he had to make a detour to get in front of the horse. He did not give any warning of his intention to cross. His conduct gave the driver no reason to suppose that he intended to do so. He says himself that he had not so intended. The horse at the most was going at a slow trot. Apparently appellee was standing in a place of safety. To charge the driver with negligence it would be necessary for him to have notice of the intention of the appellee to cross, \u201cat least long enough before the injury inflicted to have enabled him to have formed an intelligent opinion as to how the injury might be avoided and apply the means.\u201d C., B. & Q. R. R. Co. v. Johnson, 103 Ill. 512.\nIt is said that if the driver had been driving with tight lines and slowly, and had been looking at appellee, he would have been able to stop short. There is no testimony to support this contention. It does not appear that the wagon was not stopped as soon as it could be done at the rate of speed with which it was proceeding, and that was slow\nBut appellee can not recover in this case unless he was in the exercise of ordinary care for his own safety, and the injury resulted from the negligence of the defendant. L. S. & M. S. Ry. Co. v. Hessions, 150 Ill. 546-566.\nAs has been said, \u201cthe injury must be attributable to the defendant\u2019s own negligence, and to that alone; if occasioned in any degree by the plaintiff\u2019s negligence, he is without redress.\u201d N. J. Exp. Co. v. Nichols, 33 N. J. L. 434-439; Chicago City Ry. Co. v. Canevin, \u2014 Ill. App. \u2014, and cases there cited.\nIt is clear that appellee placed himself in the position of danger which resulted in his being injured. He was not obliged to pass in front of the wagon, which he saw had pulled out of the line, and thus place himself in what he calls a trap. The condition apparently could easily have been foreseen had he looked ahead before starting to cross. If, when, he found himself in a dangerous place, he had called out to the drivers of both wagons, as he had, apparently, ample time to do, and had then been negligently run down by either of them, a different question might have been presented. This is a case where, in our opinion, the conclusion that the appellee was negligent, and that such negligence contributed directly to the injury, necessarily results from the facts, and the court must say so as a matter of law. C. & E. I. R. R. Co. v. O\u2019Connor, 119 Ill. 586-597; Hoehn v. C. P. & St. L. Ry. Co., 152 Ill. 223-229; Ward v. C. & N. W. Ry. Co., 61 Ill. App. 530-584; Chicago City Ry. Co. v. Canevin, \u2014 Ill. App. \u2014.\nThe judgment of the Circuit Court is reversed without remanding.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Willard & Evans, attorneys for appellant.",
      "E. S. Cummings, attorney for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "United States Express Co. v. John McCluskey.\n1. Ordinary Care\u2014No Recovery Without.\u2014A person can not recover for personal injuries unless he was in the exercise of ordinary cafe for his own safety, and the injury resulted from the negligence of the. defendant. . \u2022\n2. Same\u2014Injuries Must Be Attributable to Defendant's Negligence\u2014 Contributory Negligenee.\u2014The injury must be attributable to the defendant\u2019s own negligence, and to that alone; if occasioned in any degree by the plaintiff\u2019s negligence he is without redress. .\nTrespass oil the Case, for personal injuries. Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court of the First District, at the March term, 1898.\nReversed.\nOpinion filed July 16, 1898.\nWillard & Evans, attorneys for appellant.\nE. S. Cummings, attorney for appellee."
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