Bishop v. Dignan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar M. Torrison, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1920.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff, as administrator of the -estate of George H. Hammond, deceased, brought suit under the Injuries Act against defendant to recover damages for the wrongful death of the deceased. There was a verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $5,000, to reverse which defendant has prosecuted this writ of error.
The first point made is that the declaration does not state a cause of action and, therefore, the judgment cannot stand. In each of the three counts it is alleged that “on to wit; the 24th day of June, A. D. 1914” the…
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