Gall v. Beckstein
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought by John Gall, against Augustus C. Beckstein, to recover for an injury received while in the service of the defendant in unloading a truck-load of salt.
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Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought by John Gall, against Augustus C. Beckstein, to recover for an injury received while in the service of the defendant in unloading a truck-load of salt. For several years before the accident the defendant, Beckstein, had been engaged in the business of preparing sausage casings in Chicago. John Gall, the plaintiff, had been working for the defendant for about two years. John Freichl was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
It is claimed in the argument that the Appellate Court had no right, under the authority of Peirce v. Walters, 164 Ill. 560, to consider the instruction of the defendant directing the jury to find for the defendant. We do not concur in that view. The defendant introduced no evidence, but at the close of plaintiff’s evidence moved the court to find for the defendant. This motion the court denied, and the defendant excepted. The defendant, in addition to the motion, asked the following instruction:
1. “The court instructs you that the evidence is insufficient to support the plaintiff’s case as…
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