Cromer v. Borders Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. R. D. W. Holder, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1909.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
Elizabeth Cromer, the administratrix and wife of Charles Cromer, deceased, brought this suit to recover damages under the statute for the death of her husband, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant. There have been two trials of this cause, upon the first of which a verdict of $1,500 in favor of appellee was set aside by the court and a new trial granted, and upon the second a verdict for appellee in the amount of $7,500 was sustained by the court and judgment entered for that amount.
The proofs show, that on…
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