Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Hansen
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Nathaniel C. Sears, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
Appellee brought this suit against appellant to recover damages for an injury received from a passenger train at the crossing of the railway and Forty-eighth avenue, at a station called Moreland, in the city of Chicago. There was a trial, and, after the evidence on both sides was all in, the defendant moved the court to direct the jury to return a verdict in its favor. The motion was overruled, and an exception to the ruling was duly entered. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and after overruling a motion for a new trial the court entered judgment on the verdict. On appeal to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. O'ConnorIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Pennsylvania Co. v. FranaIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
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- Chicago City Railway Co. v. FennimoreIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Humbert v. LowdenIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
- Headley v. Denver & Rio Grande RailroadSupreme Court of Colorado · 1915
- Smith v. Illinois Central RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1951
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