Springfield Consolidated Railway Co. v. Hoeffner
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in .that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case for a personal injury, brought by the appellee against the appellant company. Plea of the general issue was filed; and the trial in the circuit court before the judge and a jury resulted in a verdict in favor of the appellee. Judgment was rendered upon the verdict.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in .that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case for a personal injury, brought by the appellee against the appellant company. Plea of the general issue was filed; and the trial in the circuit court before the judge and a jury resulted in a verdict in favor of the appellee. Judgment was rendered upon the verdict. An appeal was taken to the Appellate Court, and the judgment of the circuit court has been affirmed. The present appeal is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—-The first complaint made by counsel for appellant in their brief is that the first instruction given on behalf of the appellee by the trial court Was erroneous. The instruction thus complained of is as follows:
“The court instructs the jury, that if you believe, from all the evidence in this case, that the plaintiff became and was a passenger upon a car of defendant, and that her fare was paid to the conductor, and that the plaintiff gave to the conductor on such, car reasonable notice of her desire to get off of said car at the corner of Ninth and Reynolds streets, as alleged in her…
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