Klein v. Illinois Cent. Railroad Co.

Morris Klein and wife, Bertha Klein, have both appealed from judgments rendered against them in the circuit court of Shelby county. Both instituted suits against the defendant Illinois Central Railroad Company in the circuit court of Shelby county for personal injuries received by them at the same time, and by consent the two cases were tried together before the court and jury. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s proof a motion for a directed verdict was sustained. Both plaintiffs seasonably filed their motions for a new trial, which motions were overruled, and they have appealed to this court.…