Sroke v. R. W. McCready Cork Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Thomas B. Lantrt, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom
delivered the opinion of the court.
The cause "before us for review of the record of the Municipal Court was tried before a judge of that court with a jury. When plaintiff rested his case defendant moved to instruct a verdict in its favor. This motion the trial judge determined to allow and was about to instruct the jury to render its verdict in defendant’s favor when plaintiff, the jury still being in the jury box and not having left the bar of the court, moved for a non-suit. This motion the court allowed and judgment for costs against plaintiff was accordingly…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Holmes v. Chicago & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- Stanton v. KinseyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892
3Cited by1 opinion
- Daube v. KuppenheimerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915