Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis Railroad v. Hillmer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action on the case, brought by William Hillmer against the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company.
A trial was had before a jury, which resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1681. The court overruled a motion for a new trial, and rendered judgment upon the verdict.
The defendant brings the record here, and relies, for a reversal of the judgment, upon the ground, alone, that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence.
The controversy in this case grew out of an accident that occurred on the 27th day of December, 1872, about six o’clock in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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