Bartz v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edmund Burke, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Stein
delivered the opinion of the court.
First. One of the errors assigned is that the verdict is contrary to the law and to the evidence. Plaintiff has submitted a mere skeleton argument touching this assignment, in view of which the error might perhaps be considered waived. We have, however, considered the evidence and find that it fully sustains the verdict of the jury and particularly their special finding that the plaintiff by the exercise of ordinary care might have avoided the accident.
Second. After the plaintiff had rested his case it appeared °for the first time…
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