Garvy v. Coughlan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the Case, by an administrator, for negligence in permitting an excavation to remain for a long space of time upon adjoining premises, etc. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Adams
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a judgment in an action on the case by appellant, as the administrator of the estate of John Garvy, deceased, against the appellees, John Goughian and John Brennock. At the conclusion of the evidence for the plaintiff the defendants, by their attorney, moved the court to instruct the jury to find the defendants not guilty, and assigned the following reasons for the motion :
1. “ Because the plaintiff has wholly failed to establish any cause of action.
2. “ Because the evidence' introduced fails to show any…
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