Makuch v. Chicago Junction Railway Co.

This action is for the recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee on October 1, 1907, by being thrown from and under one of the cars of appellant, appellee being a laborer assisting in the work of unloading sand from the cars.

The case was tried before the court and a jury, and resulted in a verdict of $8,000 in favor of the appellee, upon which judgment was rendered.

The appellant urges as grounds for reversal of the judgment, that the court erred in overruling its motion for a directed verdict, made at the close of plaintiff’s case; that the court erred in overruling…