West Chicago St. R. R. v. Shiplett
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Charles G. Neely, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
At the close of the plaintiff’s testimony appellant presented a motion in writing to exclude all the evidence from the jury on behalf of plaintiff, and to give the following instruction : “ The court instructs the jury to find the defendant not guilty.” The court denied the motion and refused the instruction, to which ruling appellant duly excepted. It is urged that the trial court erred in those respects.
There was evidence tending to show that appellee had approached the cable train for the purpose of taking passage thereon; that reaching the front platform at the south end of a trailer car,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Frazer v. HoweIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg Railroad v. HutchinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- West Chicago Street Railway Co. v. AnnisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
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- White-Kingsland Manufacturing Co. v. HerdrichAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901