Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Story
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the ■Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Farlin Q. Ball, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
This is a suit to recover for alleged personal injuries, which appellee claims to have received in a railroad accident. .The facts are substantially stated in the opinion reported in P., C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Story, 63 Ill. App. 239, wherein appellant prosecuted its appeal from a former judgment in favor of appellee. The jury on this second trial returned a verdict assessing appellee’s damages at the sum of $19,000. The trial court required a remittitur of $7,000 as a condition of overruling a motion for a new trial. Appellee elected to so remit and judgment was entered in her favor for…
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