Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Warren
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. James Goggin, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Gary
delivered the opinion oe the Court.
Whether the appellee has a meritorious cause of action against the appellant, or is endeavoring to perpetrate a gross fraud upon it, is a question upon which it is not improbable that the verdict of a jury, after a fair trial, would be conclusive; but not after such a trial as is shown by this record.
Among the reasons assigned by the appellant on its motion for a new trial, were these:
“ 6. The court erred in its rulings, and each of them, in respect to the kind and character of defendant’s testimony, and as to the mode, manner and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Waldron v. WaldronSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Kassing v. MortimerIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- West Chicago Street Railway Co. v. AnnisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. GroshonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
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