West Chicago St. R. R. v. Dedloff
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court o£ Cook County; the Hon. Charles Gh Neely, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sears
The grounds relied upon for reversal are (1) contributory negligence; (2) misconduct of plaintiff’s attorney; (3) errors in instructing the jury; and (4) erroneous rulings in regard to evidence.
After an examination of all the evidence we can not say that contributory negligence upon the part of appellee is established by such evidence as warrants a conclusion of such negligence as a matter of law; nor can we say that the verdict of the jury, finding in effect that appellee was guilty of no negligence contributing to the injury, is manifestly against the weight of the evidence. Counsel for…
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