Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. R. S. Farrand, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. R. S. Farrand, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt commenced in the circuit court of LaSalle county in the name of the People, for the use of Christian G. Sauer and .Charles B. Sauer, partners doing business under the firm name of Sauer & Son, against the appellant, under the provisions of sections 22 and 23 of “An act in relation to fencing and operating railroads,” approved March 31, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, (Hurd’s Stat. 1905, p. 1581,) to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
At the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence, and again at the close of all the evidence, the defendant moved the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in its favor, which the court declined to do, to which action of the court the defendant excepted, which exception, together with the exceptions preserved to the action of the court in overruling the appellant’s motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, preserves for review in this court the questions whether the declaration stated a cause of action, and whether the evidence, together with all the legitimate inferences that might…
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- People ex rel. Beaird v. Illinois & St. Louis Railroad & Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1887
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