Legal Opinion

Herdman-Harrison Milling Co. v. Spehr

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 1893PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Christian County, the Hon. Jacob House, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin

This suit is by appellee, against appellant, to recover damages for a personal injury, alleged to have been received through its negligence. A trial in the Circuit Court of Christian county resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, for $2,250, and costs of suit. This is an'appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court, affirming the judgment of the Circuit Court. But one ground of reversal is now insisted upon, and that is the giving of the following instruction at the instance of the plaintiff below, viz:

‘ ‘If a preponderance of the evidence shows that the defendant, by its…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sullivan v. India Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  2. Jones v. Florence Mining Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Co. v. ReinneigerIllinois Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. HeereyIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Illinois Terra Cotta Lumber Co. v. HanleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Siegel, Cooper & Co. v. TrckaIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Jones v. RobertsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
  5. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. MyersIllinois Supreme Court · 1907

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