Legal Opinion

Pittsburg Bridge Co. v. Walker

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1897PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Nathaniel C. Sears, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment of the Superior Court in the sum of §3000, against the appellant company, in favor of the appellee, for damages sustained by him by reason of a personal injury received, as the declaration alleged, through the negligence of the appellant company.

At the close of all the testimony offered in the case the appellant company moved the court to exclude the evidence and direct the jury to return a verdict in its favor, and offered a written instruction to be given the jury to that effect. The court refused to grant the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. MayIllinois Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. HeereyIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Fogarty v. St. Louis Transfer Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1904
  3. Christiansen v. William Graver Tank WorksIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Chicago Hair & Bristle Co. v. MuellerIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  5. William Graver Tank Works v. O'DonnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1901

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