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TOWNSEND v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Gen. No. 46,098.

1 Ill. App.2d 77 (1953)

116 N.E.2d 170

Elijah Townsend, Appellant, v. Chicago Transit Authority, and Mueller Transportation Company, Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 5, 1954.

Released for publication January 5, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DIRECTOR & LIEBENSON, of Chicago, for appellant; HAROLD A. LIEBENSON, and PHILIP Z. LEVINSON, both of Chicago, of counsel.

THOMAS C. STRACHAN, JR., JAMES O. DWIGHT, ARTHUR J. DONOVAN, and MICHAEL A. GERRARD, all of Chicago, for certain appellee; MICHAEL A. GERRARD, of Chicago, of counsel.

VAN DUZER, GERSHON & QUINLAN, of Chicago, for certain other appellee; JOHN B. VAN DUZER, and HORACE W. JORDAN, both of Chicago, of counsel.

MR. JUSTICE TUOHY delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, while a passenger on a streetcar of defendant Chicago Transit Authority, was injured as a result of a collision between the streetcar and a truck owned by defendant Mueller Transportation Company. From judgment on verdict of not guilty as to both defendants, plaintiff appeals.

It is contended that the verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence; that improper questioning was permitted...

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