Legal Opinion

Tyma v. Tarrant Foundry Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 6, 1908No. Gen. No. 14,153Published

Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of book county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Smith

delivered the opinion of the court.

A reversal of the judgment is urged upon the grounds that the evidence is insufficient to maintain a cause of action under either count of the declaration; that the trial court erred in refusing an instruction requested by appellant; and on the ground that counsel for appellee made improper remarks in his argument to the jury. In the view we take of the case it will be unnecessary for us to consider any other than the first ground above stated.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Goldie v. WernerIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Kolb v. Chicago Stamping Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1889
  3. McGuerty v. HaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894

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