Illinois Central Railroad v. Frelka
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. Kirk Hawes, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Kirk Hawes, Judge, presiding. The two instructions, numbered one and nine, asked in behalf of the defendant below, and refused by the trial court, are as follows: “1. The court instructs the jury, that upon all the evidence in this case, and under the law that fixes the rights and prescribes the duties of the parties thereto, the plaintiff has no right to recover, and it is the duty of the jury to find the defendant not guilty. ” “9. If the jury believe, from…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
The present appeal brings before us for review a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District, affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county, for $5000, lately recovered in that court in an action on the case, brought by Michael Frelka, the appellee, against the Illinois Central Eailroad Company, the appellant, on account of personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the company in operating a switch engine.
The evidence in the case tends to prove that appellee, on the morning of the 18th of January, 1879, at the hour of six o’clock, or perhaps a…
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