Legal Opinion
Sperry v. Wabash R.
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided June 29, 1944No. Civ. No. 352-DPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
At the close of all the evidence, defendant’s motion for a directed verdict was denied. The jury returned a verdict for $4,000 and defendant now moves for judgment notwithstanding it.
Plaintiff was injured by a locomotive of defendant while it was proceeding from a southeasterly direction in a northwesterly direction in the city of Urbana. Plaintiff and her companion, a girl of similar age, ■ten years, were walking on the right of way, between the tracks, on a path used by pedestrians for a great many years as a matter of convenience. The two girls approached the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. CooganSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Illinois Central Railroad v. GodfreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Bernier v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Higgins v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1958
- Guess v. Baltimore & O.R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- Boehrer v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1949
- Puckett v. Soo Line RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990