Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Haselwood

In an action on the case brought by the appellee to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the servants of the appellant company, judgment in the sum .of §1200 was awarded the appellee on the verdict of a jury in the circuit court of Hancock county. The Appellate Court for the Third District affirmed the judgment on appeal, and the record is before us on the further appeal of the appellant company.

Counsel for the appellant company insists that in all cases at law, “when (as in this case) the Appellate Court makes no finding of fact,…