Sturm v. Consolidated Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1909.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Baume
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff, Jacob Sturm, recovered a verdict against the Consolidated Coal Company, defendant, in the circuit court of Macoupin county for the sum of $5,000 as damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff entered a remittitur of one-half of the verdict and judgment was entered against. the defendant for $2,500, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted. The cause was submitted to the jury upon five counts of the declaration alleging common law negligence. The…
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