Stack v. East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. J. N. Moyers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The appellee recovered a judgment against the appellant for causing the death of her intestate, John Stack, and the judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court. The errors assigned question the action of the trial court in refusing to instruct the jury to find the defendant not guilty and in refusing one other instruction.
The deceased alighted from the rear platform of an interurban car going west on State street, in the city of East St. Louis, which had stopped at the west side of Sixteenth street. As he passed around the rear end of the car to go to the south side of State street he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. O'DonnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
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