National Syrup Co. v. Carlson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. John D. Crab-tree, Judge, presiding. This is an action for personal injuries, received by appellee through the alleged negligence of appellant. The case was before the Appellate Court for the Second District. The opinion of that court, when the case was first heard, is reported in 42 Ill.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. John D. Crab-tree, Judge, presiding. This is an action for personal injuries, received by appellee through the alleged negligence of appellant. The case was before the Appellate Court for the Second District. The opinion of that court, when the case was first heard, is reported in 42 Ill. App. 178, and the judgment, which was for §5000, was reversed and the cause remanded. The case was re-docketed and again tried before a jury, and a verdict returned for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
This court is asked to reverse the judgment in this case on the merits, it being insisted that the defendant is not shown to have been guilty of negligence. It is further urged that the plaintiff was guilty of such contributory negligence that he is not entitled to recover. These questions are sought to be brought before this court by the assignment of error that the court erred in refusing the instruction to the jury to find for the defendant. It is further urged that the court erred in overruling defendant’s objections to the admission of certain evidence.
It is a familiar principle that the…
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