Morgan v. Wabash Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case. Error to the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. William C. Johns, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Philbrick
This suit was an action of trespass on the case, to recover damages for alleged personal injuries, brought by George Morgan against the Wabash Bail-road Company, in the Circuit Court of Macon county. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of plaintiff below for $1,500. A motion for new trial was overruled, judgment was entered on the verdict, from which judgment the defendant below has prosecuted this writ of error to this court.
The declaration in this case charges plaintiff in error with a failure to perform its dirty in providing defendant in error with a reasonably safe place in which to…
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