Armour v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co.

Emily Armour brought an action of trespass on the case in the superior court of Cook county against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries. The jury found the defendant guilty and assessed the plaintiff’s damages at the sum of six thousand dollars. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were made and denied and judgment was rendered on the verdict. The defendant prosecuted an appeal to the Appellate Court for the First District and that court affirmed the judgment. Upon the railroad company’s petition, this court granted a writ of…