West Chicago St. R. R. v. Raftery
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1898.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Horton
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was brought to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by appellant by reason of alleged negligence on the part'of appellee, by its servants, in operating a trolley street car in the city of Chicago. By reason of the opinion entertained by this court as to certain instructions given to the jury by the trial court, it is not necessary to enter at length into any review of the facts appearing in the record.
Appellee’s seventh instruction, given by the court, is as follows, viz.:
Seventh. “If the jury believe from the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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