Rich v. Wilson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Jersey county; the Hon. Norman L. Jones, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Graves
2. Death, § 73*—when instruction on erroneous. In an action to recover damages for death due to a collision between an automobile in which decedent was riding and a railroad train, held that an instruction that the jury “should fix such damages at such amount as they may believe from the preponderance of the evidence will justly and fairly compensate the next -of kin” was erroneous. 3. Death, § 67*—when verdict for death of child excessive. In an action to recover damages for the death of a four-year-old child for the benefit of the next of kin, where there was no evidence of whether the…
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