Jenisek v. Riggs

This appeal is prosecuted to reverse a judgment of $5,000 rendered by the circuit court of Madison county, Illinois, in favor of appellee and against appellant. It is a personal injury suit. This is the second $5,000 verdict returned by a jury in this case. The first was set aside by the trial judge; the record gives no assignment of reasons for his action in setting it aside.

This appeal was taken direct to the Supreme Court upon the theory that a constitutional question was involved. That theory comes about by reason of the fact that some 10 days after the motion for new trial was heard and…