Heiting v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The circuit court of Cook county rendered a judgment against the appellant in an action on the case for personal injuries. The Appellate Court affirmed the judgment and granted a certificate of importance and appeal to this court.
The appellant offered no evidence on the trial but asked the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in its favor. The refusal of this instruction is the error relied upon for reversal.
The place where the injury to the appellee occurred was in the city of Chicago, and the negligence charged in several counts of the declaration was the failure of the appellant…
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