Gathman v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Morton W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
In this cause a jury in the Circuit Court of Cook County were instructed by the trial judge to return a verdict for the defendant after the plaintiff’s evidence was closed. As we think that this was error and that the jury should have been allowed without peremptory instruction to pass on the questions involved, and as this will probably bring about another trial in which we wish to prejudge no questions of fact, we feel reserve in discussing the evidence, and shall not do so in any detail.
The plaintiff in error, the plaintiff below, was injured while working for the defendant, the city of…
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