Legal Opinion

Marren v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 25, 1913No. Gen. No. 17,998Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Edwabd M. Mangan, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice F. A. Smith

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellee, Marren, brought suit against appellant to recover damages for injuries sustained November 30, 1909, in a collision between a street car of the Consolidated Traction Company, which was being operated by Marren, as a motorman, and a work train of appellant. Appellee recovered a judgment for $3,000, and from that judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal. By peremptory instructions, the third, fifth, seventh and eighth counts of the declaration were withdrawn from the consideration of the jury at the trial.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. HansenIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Rosenthal v. Chicago & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. SackAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907

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