North Chicago St. R. R. v. Hutchinson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Adams
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee recovered a judgment against appellant in case for a personal injury, to reverse which this appeal is prosecuted. Appellant’s counsel, in their argument, rely solely on alleged errors of law. The court, on behalf of appellee, gave this instruction:
1. “ The court instructs the jury that if they find from the evidence that the plaintiff has made out her case by a preponderance of the evidence, as laid in her declaration or any single count thereof, then the jury should find for the plaintiff.”
At the conclusion of the…
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