Thorsell v. Chicago City Ry. Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. Verdict for defendant by direction of the court; error by plaintiff. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1898.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman
delivered tbe opinion of the court.
This is an action in which plaintiff in error seeks to recover damages for personal injuries. The court instructed the jury that the verdict must be for the defendant, and gave judgment accordingly. The plaintiff brings the case here upon a writ of error. It is said that it must be remanded for a new trial, because “ the evidence of the plaintiff himself shows that he exercised ordinary care, and as to whether he did or not, the jury and not the judge must decide.
The accident occurred after dark, upon the evening of September…
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- Hoehn v. Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1894
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