Zetsche v. Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for- the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. J. N. Moyers, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for- the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. J. N. Moyers, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal by the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway Company from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District affirming a judgment for the sum of $6500 recovered by Lucy C. Zetsche, administratrix of the estate of Hezekiah,P. Zetsche, deceased, the appellee, in the city.court of East St. Louis, for damages occasioned by the death of appellee’s intestate, alleged to have been caused through the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The appellee argues that the question whether the trial judg'e should have directed a verdict cannot be considered here, for the reason that it was not raised in the Appellate Court. We have examined the certified copy of the brief filed in the Appellate Court by the appellant and think this objection made by the appellee without merit. Counsel for the appellant state by their brief, filed in this court, “there was some statements of witnesses in this case which, if taken alone, might justify this court in concluding that there was some evidence tending to support the appellee's cause of…
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