Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Thomas

This was an action on the case commenced by the appellee in the circuit court of Grundy county to recover damages against the appellant for negligently causing the death of her intestate, David E. Thomas. The jury returned a verdict in favor of appellee for the sum of $2300, upon which verdict judgment was rendered in her favor. An appeal was prosecuted to the Appellate Court for the Second District, where the judgment of the circuit court was affirmed, and the record has been brought to this court, by appeal, for further review.

It is first contended that the trial court erred in declining to…