Legal Opinion

Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad v. Skola

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1899PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on writ of error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. S. C. Stough, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

The defendant in error administrator, in an action on the case under the statute, recovered a judgment in the superior court of Cook county in the sum of §1800 against the plaintiff in error for damages sustained by reason of the death of his intestate through alleged actionable negligence on the part of the servants of plaintiff in error. This is a writ of error to bring into review a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming that of the superior court.

The refusal of the superior court to direct a verdict for the plaintiff in error is the first assigned error.

The plaintiff in error operated…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pittsburg Bridge Co. v. WalkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Fogarty v. St. Louis Transfer Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1904
  2. Slack v. HarrisIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Anderson v. Pittsburgh Coal Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
  4. Norton Bros. v. NadebokIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Illinois Steel Co. v. McFaddenIllinois Supreme Court · 1902

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