Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co. v. Doherty
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for personal injuries. In the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Henry B. Willis, Judge, presiding. Declaration in case, with a count in trespass, etc. Pleas, not guilty; trial by jury; verdict for plaintiff, $10,000; judgment; error by defendant. Heard in this court at the December term, 1893, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
In this suit appellee, suing by his next friend, recovered a judgment against appellant for damages sustained in being run over by freight cars of appellant, whereby his right hand was out off, and he was permanently crippled in his left arm and hand.
The first proposition insisted upon for a reversal of the j udgment is, that the evidence does not support the verdict. The accident occurred about six o’clock in the afternoon of May 20, 1892, on a track of the defendant, in a street known as the Bloomingdale road, in the city of Chicago, along which the track ran.
The plaintiff, a boy nine years…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. SimmonsIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
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- North Chicago City Railway Co. v. GastkaIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
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- Southern Ry. Co. v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1939
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