Economy Light & Power Co. v. Hiller
Illinois Supreme Court
AppeIar from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. John Smarr, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, brought by Frederick Hiller, appellee, against the Chicago Telephone Company and the Economy Light and Power Company, appellants, to recover for personal injuries sustained by him in Joliet, Illinois.
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AppeIar from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. John Smarr, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, brought by Frederick Hiller, appellee, against the Chicago Telephone Company and the Economy Light and Power Company, appellants, to recover for personal injuries sustained by him in Joliet, Illinois. On the morning of October 23, 1900, the appellee, a boy about eleven years old, was on his way to school in company with several other boys. On the night previous there had been a heavy rain storm,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
Several questions of fact are urged by counsel for appellants which have been conclusively settled by the judgment of the Appellate Court. Others are raised which are settled by the former opinion of this court in a case growing out of the same facts and circumstances. (See 203 Ill. 518.)
It is insisted on behalf of appellants that the court erred in refusing to give a peremptory instruction at the close of the evidence, taking the case from the jury; also, that the judgment cannot be sustained because it is a joint judgment against joint defendants upon a joint cause of action, while the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Economy Light & Power Co. v. HillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. v. GreenfieldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
- Morrill v. LindemannAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
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- Byron Telephone Co. v. SheetsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905
- Pease v. Chicago & Southern Traction Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1910