Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen v. Cramer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. B. H. Canby, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District affirming a judgment of the city court of East St. Louis in favor of appellee, against appellant, upon a certificate of insurance for $1500, insuring'appellee against total disability.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. B. H. Canby, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District affirming a judgment of the city court of East St. Louis in favor of appellee, against appellant, upon a certificate of insurance for $1500, insuring'appellee against total disability. The disability in this case arose from an injury to his arm, received while appellee was engaged, as engineer, in running a locomotive engine. The return of service of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The questions presented by counsel for appellant for our consideration, aside from questions of fact which are not open to review in this court, are few and may be briefly disposed of.
Counsel seem to be under the impression that the Appellate Court decided that by pleading in bar appellant waived its right to assign for error the ruling of the trial court in sustaining the demurrer to the plea in abatement. We do not so understand the opinion of the Appellate Court. That alleged error seems to have been fully considered by the Appellate Court, and it was held that the demurrer was properly…
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