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Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Co. v. Sobkowiak

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 16, 1889PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle County; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtC. B. Smith, J.

This was an action in ease brought by appellee against appellant to recover for personal injuries received by falling dirt and clay while at work in appellant’s clay pit.

The declaration was in case, charging negligence on appellant, and the plea was not guilty.

A trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $6,000. The court overruled a motion for a new trial and gave judgment on the verdict, to which appellant excepted and brings the record here on appeal, and asks for a reversal, assigning for errors that the verdict is against the law and the evidence; that the court erred in giving…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. MayIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Hawley v. . Northern Central Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
  3. Pennsylvania Co. v. LynchIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  4. Pennsylvania Co. v. FranaIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Lalor v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1869

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Co. v. SobkowiakAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890
  2. Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Co. v. SobkowiakAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892
  3. Chicago City Railway Co. v. RoheAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905
  4. City of Chicago v. MerwinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902

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