William Graver Tank Works v. O'Donnell

This is an action on the case, brought in the circuit court of Cook county by the appellee, as administrator of the estate of Isaac D. Alyea, deceased, to recover damages for negligently causing the death of his said intestate. A trial resulted in a verdict in favor of appellee for $5000, upon which verdict, after overruling a motion for a new trial, the court rendered judgment, which judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District, and a further appeal has been prosecuted to this court.

The appellant, at the close of appellee’s evidence and again at the close of all…