Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Railroad v. Otstot

This case was before us at the April term, 1902, and in an opinion filed in July of that year we reversed the judgment of the Circuit Court, and remanded the case, because the trial court, at the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, directed a verdict for the defendant. Otstot v. I., I. & I. R. R. Co., 103 Ill. App. 136. The second trial of the case resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, for $8,000, and defendant appeals. The evidence for plaintiff at the second trial was substantially the same as at the first. Defendant moved the court to direct a verdict in its favor at the…