Pennsylvania Co. v. Versten
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— • heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John P. Altgeld, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
This is an action on the case, by appellee, against appellant, a railroad company, to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been received through the negligence of appellant’s employes in the management of one of its trains on which appellee was a passenger. On a trial in the Superior Court of Cook county plaintiff had judgment for $5000 and costs of suit, and that judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court.
On this appeal it is insisted that the Appellate Court erred in not deciding whether the verdict of the jury in the Superior Court was against the weight of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re Pennsylvania Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
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