Legal Opinion

Pressley v. Bloomington & Normal Railway & Light Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 16, 1915Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

This is an action by appellee against appellant for negligently causing the death of appellee’s intestate.

The case has been before this court by appeal on three former occasions. Pressley v. Kinloch-Bloomington Tel. Co., 158 Ill. App. 220, 164 Ill. App. 167, 184 Ill. App. 113. The facts in this case are fully stated in the opinions of the court in those cases. The evidence in this case was the same as on the former trial with these exceptions, that several of the city ordinances which controlled the wire constructions were offered in evidence this time by appellant which had not heretofore…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Linquist v. HodgesIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Presley v. Kinlock-Bloomington Telephone Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1910
  3. Pressley v. Kinloch-Bloomington Telephone Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1911
  4. Pressley v. Kinloch-Bloomington Telephone Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1913

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