City of Mattoon v. Faller
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. Jas. W. Craig, Judge, presiding. This is an action in case, brought to the October term, 1903, in the circuit • court of Coles county by the appellee against the city of Mattoon to recover damages for a personal injury, resulting from a fall upon an alleged defective sidewalk in that city.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. Jas. W. Craig, Judge, presiding. This is an action in case, brought to the October term, 1903, in the circuit • court of Coles county by the appellee against the city of Mattoon to recover damages for a personal injury, resulting from a fall upon an alleged defective sidewalk in that city. The trial resulted in verdict and judgment in fayor of the appellee for $1000, which judgment, upon appeal to the Appellate Court, has been affirmed. The present appeal is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
In this case no errors are assigned on account of any ruling of the trial court in reference to the admission or exclusion of evidence. The only errors assigned relate to the giving and refusal of instructions.
First—It is assigned as error, that the court below, at the close of appellee’s evidence, and again at the close of all the evidence, refused to give a written instruction, asked by the appellant, requiring the jury to find the appellant not guilty. The refusal of the court to instruct the jury to find for the appellant raises the question, whether or not there is any evidence, tending…
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