Chicago City Railway Co. v. McKeon
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
It would be useless for us to discuss the conflicting evidence in this case in detail. We could not hope that such a discussion would convince the defendant of that which seems clear to us—that on the disputed points of the defendant’s negligence and of the alleged contributory negligence of Bessie Kiely, the sister of the deceased, there is not a manifest preponderance of evidence against the verdict and judgment, and therefore no reason for our interfering with them on that account.
The negligence of .the defendant which resulted in the death of this little child was alleged to be the…
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