Burge v. St. Louis, Springfield & Peoria Railroad

Appellate Court of Illinois April 16, 1915

Burge v. St. Louis, Springfield & Peoria Railroad, 193 Ill. App. 492 (1915)

Eldredge

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Eldredge

delivered the opinion of the court.

3. Cashiers, § 476*—when liable for injury to passenger in alighting from street car. Where a street car was stopped in the nighttime with its steps several feet from a cross walk at a point where the ground was lower than the walk, or slightly uneven, and a passenger in alighting missed her step and sprained her ankle, held that no negligence on the part of the carrier was shown.

Reference

Full Case Name: Sarah T. Burge v. St. Louis, Springfield & Peoria Railroad
Cited By: 1 case
Status: Published