Moore v. Wabash Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. E. S. Smith, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1920.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waggoner
delivered the opin- ■ ion of the court.
Appellee brought an action on the case, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, against The Wabash Railway Company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained. At the close of appellee’s evidence and at the close of all the evidence, the court denied appellant’s motion to direct a verdict. The jury returned a verdict of $10,000 for appellee, and a judgment was rendered thereon.
Appellant claims there was no negligence on its part; that if negligence is shown it was not the proximate cause of the injury; that its…
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- Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Co. v. CallaghanIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
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