Elward v. Illinois Central Railroad

Mr. Presiding Justice Puterbaugh

delivered the opinion of the court.

In an action on the case the plaintiff recovered judgment for the sum of $7,000 upon the verdict of a jury, for damages received by him while a passenger upon the defendant’s railroad, through a collision of the forward and rear portions of the train. The defendant urges a reversal of the judgment upon the ground that the damages awarded by the jury are manifestly excessive and based upon improper evidence relating to that question, claiming that such errors are so interwoven in the entire proceeding that a remittitur would…