Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad v. Brown
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—> heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elliott Anthony, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought in the Superior Court of Cook county, by Nancy J. Brown, administratrix of the estate of Nelson Brown, deceased, against appellant, to recover damages for wrongfully causing the death of the intestate, who was the plaintiff’s husband.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—> heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elliott Anthony, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought in the Superior Court of Cook county, by Nancy J. Brown, administratrix of the estate of Nelson Brown, deceased, against appellant, to recover damages for wrongfully causing the death of the intestate, who was the plaintiff’s husband. A demurrer was sustained to all except the eighth and ninth counts of the declaration. The eighth count alleged, in substance, that the defendant, on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
This was an action by appellee, as administratrix of Nelson Brown, deceased, to recover damages for causing the death of said deceased. The trial in the Superior Court of Cook county .resulted in a verdict for plaintiff, and judgment thereon. Upon appeal to the Appellate Court for the First District, the judgment of the Superior Court was affirmed, and the case is brought here by the further appeal of the railroad company.
If the case was properly submitted to the jury, they, by "the verdict rendered, necessarily found every fact material to a recovery in favor of the plaintiff. We must accept…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Higgins v. Watervliet Turnpike & RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. O'ConnorIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Wilton v. Middlesex RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Jeffersonville Railroad v. RogersIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. KellyIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
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- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. JohnsenIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Merrill v. Marietta Torpedo Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BeebeIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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