Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Co. v. Rice

This was an action on the case, by appellee against appellant, for a personal injury alleged to have been received through the negligence of its employés. The case was tried in the Circuit Court of Logan county, and a verdict returned for the plaintiff for $8000. On a motion for a new trial by the defendant, the court required the plaintiff to enter a remittitur for $3000, and upon his doing so, overruled the motion and entered judgment on the verdict for $5(100 and costs of suit. To this ruling the defendant excepted and appealed to the Appellate Court of the Third District. That court…