Rockford City Railway Co. v. Matthews
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action to recover for personal injuries. In the Circuit Court of Winnebago County; the Hon. Jambs H. Cartwright, Judge, presiding. Declaration incase; plea of not guilty; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. Heard in this court at the March term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court,
Gary, P. J.
This appeal comes to this court by consent of the parties under the 16th section of the act of June 2, 1877, establishing appellate courts.
The appellee sued for injury, which she alleged she sustained in consequence of the defective condition of- a street crossing at a place where two streets cross each other, in the city of Eockford, along one of which streets the track of the appellant lay.
The evidence is such that if there were no error of law in the case it would be difficult to justify the verdict of the jury; but the view we take makes it unnecessary to…
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