Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Co. v. Fortin
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;-—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hand
This is an action on the case brought by the appellee, against the appellant, to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by him while in its employ. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the appellee for the sum of §18,000, and a remittitur of §3000 having been entered, the court overruled a motion for a new trial and rendered judgment on the verdict for $15,000, which judgment has been affirmed by the Branch Appellate Court for the First District, and a further appeal has been prosecuted to this court.
It is first contended that the court erred in declining to take the case from the…
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- Norton Bros. v. NadebokIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
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