Alton Railway v. Foulds
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action for Damages.—Death from negligent act. Trial in the Circuit Court of Madison County; the Hon. William Hartzell, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bigelow
delivered .the opinion of the court.
At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence in chief, the defendant below requested the court to instruct the jury to find for the defendant, but the court refused the request and the defendant excepted. Counsel for appellant now insist that the court erred in its refusal to so instruct, and have filed an elaborate and able argument in support of their contention.
In the present state of the record, the question which we need light upon is, not whether the court erred in its ruling at the time it was made, but it is whether the error, if such it was, survived…
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