Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Harrington
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. B. R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, brought in the summer of 1897 by the appellee against the appellant company to recover damages for a personal injury. The first trial of the cause resulted in a judgment in favor of the appellee for $11,000.00. An appeal was taken from this judgment to the Appellate Court.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. B. R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, brought in the summer of 1897 by the appellee against the appellant company to recover damages for a personal injury. The first trial of the cause resulted in a judgment in favor of the appellee for $11,000.00. An appeal was taken from this judgment to the Appellate Court. The Appellate Court reversed the judgment and remanded the cause. This judgment of reversal and remandment was entered by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—After the cause was re-instated in the trial court upon the reversal and remandment thereof by the Appellate Court, appellant made two applications for a change of venue. The first application was made in vacation on November 26, 1898, to the judge of the city court of East St. Louis after due notice given to appellee, and the petition for a change of venue alleged that the inhabitants of the city of East St. Louis were so prejudiced against appellant, that it could not obtain a fair trial in the city court of East St. Louis. Attached to the petition were affidavits in support of its…
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