Legal Opinion

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Warren

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 11, 1896PublishedCited by 4 opinions

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

  1. Waldron v. WaldronSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Kassing v. MortimerIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  3. West Chicago Street Railway Co. v. AnnisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
  4. West Chicago Street Railroad v. GroshonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Chicago City Ry. Co. v. AhlerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903
  2. Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co. v. TetheringtonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
  3. Fazio v. Corey Bros. Construction Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Fellows-Kimbrough v. Chicago City Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1911

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