Chicago City Ry. Co. v. Morse
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Farlin Q. Ball, Judge, presiding.
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Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Farlin Q. Ball, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1901. Statement. — Appellee, a bookkeeper, aged thirty-three years, on January 24, 1899, while a passenger upon one of appellant’s electric cars, claims to have been injured by the sudden and violent stopping of the car so as to produce a serious and permanent inguinal hernia, and brought suit against appellant, a trial of which before the court and a-jury resulted in a verdict in his favor of $2,000 and judgment thereon,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Windes
delivered the opinion of the court.
No question is raised upon the pleadings nor as to procedure. The first contention of appellant’s counsel is that the verdict is not justified by the evidence; and in this regard it is argued that the proof fails to show that appellant was guilty of negligence. We are unable, after a careful consideration of the evidence in the light of counsel’s argument and the authorities cited, to yield assent to the claim. We think the evidence presents a question of fact for the jury, and a finding that appellant was negligent, as charged in…
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