Chicago City Railway Co. v. Rohe
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
In the view we take of this case it is unnecessary for us to consider the question whether the verdict was against the clear and manifest weight of the evidence, or whether it was excessive.
We must remand the cause for a new trial because the court gave an erroneous and injurious instruction to the jury.
As it will probably be retried, however, we shall notice the alleged errors in the admission of improper evidence and the exclusion of proper evidence, so far only as to say that in neither of these particulars do we see in the record any reversible error.
The questions to appellee’s witnesses…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Central Warehouse Co. v. SargeantAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891
- Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Co. v. SobkowiakAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. OttoIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- City of Chicago v. GilfoilAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
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- Dudley v. Wabash RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912