Davis v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

MERCER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff filed this action for damages for personal injuries resulting from a collision between a car driven by plaintiff and defendant’s switch engine at a grade crossing on 45th Street, Rock Island, Illinois. Upon the trial the jury rendered the verdict in plaintiff’s favor for damages in the amount of $7,500. Ruling upon defendant’s motion for directed verdict at the close of all the evidence in the case was reserved and the cause is now before the court upon the defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, based upon the grounds that there is a…