Borg v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Plaintiff in error brought suit against defendant in error to recover for injuries sustained, as it was alleged, through the negligence of defendant in error, and recovered judgment for $20,000 and costs. The Appellate Court reversed that judgment as a result of finding the facts concerning the matter in controversy different from the findings of the circuit court from which the cause was brought. The facts so found were recited in the final order of the Appellate Court, as follows: “And the court finds that the injury to the said appellee was the result of his own carelessness, and not of…