Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad v. O'Donnell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment of the superior court of Cook county in a personal injury case for the sum of $5000.
The first contention of appellant is, that the court erred in declining to take the case from the jury at the close of all the evidence.
The plaintiff’s intestate, Frank DiAddario, on the 29th day of July, 1898, was in the employ of the defendant as a section hand, and on that day, in company with some fifty or sixty other laborers under a foreman named Michael Burke, was working upon the road of the defendant…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Eidem v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1910
- Roberts v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1917