Legal Opinion

Zander v. Metz

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 3, 1911No. Gen. No. 15,776Published

Action in case for personal injuries. Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Ben M. Smith, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1909.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Baldwin

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error brought an action in the Superior Court of Cook county to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in the employ of the defendant in the city of Chicago. Upon a trial, the jury returned a verdict in his favor for $1500, whereupon defendant in error entered his motion for a new trial, which was subsequently overruled by the court. At the term of court succeeding that at which the verdict was rendered, but before any judgment was entered upon the verdict, the defendant in error made a motion…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smith v. CurryIllinois Supreme Court · 1854
  2. Commissioners of Fountain Head Drainage District v. WrightIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Bragg v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  4. Frank v. BruckAppellate Court of Illinois · 1879

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