Wood v. Illinois Central Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Edward M. Mangan, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1915. Petition for certiorari dismissed.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Barnes
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case comes to this court for the third time [167 Ill. App. 644; 185 Ill. App. 180], each time with a verdict for defendant, once on the court’s instruction, and twice after submission to a jury. It is unnecessary to refer to our previous decisions in passing upon the questions now presented. The principal contentions of appellant are that there should have been a directed verdict for the plaintiff, and that the verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence.
Wood, the plaintiff and appellant, was injured while…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mitchell v. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1883
- Mearns v. Central Railroad of New JerseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Wood v. Illinois Central RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1914
- Hooker v. BlairMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
- Mearns v. Central R. R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
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