Western Brewery Co. v. Meredith
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. A. S. Wilderman, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by appellee, against appellant, in the circuit court of St. Clair county, to recover damages for an injury to his person, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff was a brakeman on the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated railroad.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. A. S. Wilderman, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by appellee, against appellant, in the circuit court of St. Clair county, to recover damages for an injury to his person, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff was a brakeman on the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated railroad. There was a switch from the railroad track extending into the grounds of the defendant, upon which cars were run…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
A considerable part of the briefs and arguments presented to us on either side, being those filed in the Appellate Court, is devoted to a discussion of the facts, and affords us no assistance in dealing with questions re viewable in this court. We think the Appellate Court properly disposed of the assignment of errors of law, and shall but briefly notice them in this opinion.
The contention that the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury to find for the defendant, to grant it a continuance after the declaration was amended, and to give instructions 3 and 4 asked by it, are each based…
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