Legal Opinion

North Chicago Street Railroad v. Rodert

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 16, 1903PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph P. Robarts, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

The circuit court of Cook county, in an action on the case, awarded the appellee a judgment against the appellant company in the sum of $2000 for damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee through the alleged negligence of the servants of the company. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District on appeal, and the company has perfected this a further appeal to this court.

The errors assigned are, (1) that the court erred in overruling a motion, entered by the appellant company at the close of all the evidence, to direct the jury to return a peremptory…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Illinois Central Railroad v. CraginIllinois Supreme Court · 1873

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States Brewing Co. v. StoltenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Langston v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1946
  3. Northwest States Utilities Co. v. AshtonWyoming Supreme Court · 1937
  4. Donovan v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
  5. Hornby v. State Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1921

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