Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. White
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. Russell P. Goodwin, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment of the superior court of Cook county in favor of appellee, and against appellant, in an action on the case prosecuted to recover damages for the death of Samuel C. Woodward, a brakeman in the employ of appellant, who was killed in its railroad yard in Chicago on December 22, 1900.
At the conclusion of the evidence the defendant asked the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. The court refused to give the instruction, and the refusal is assigned as error and is the…
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