Pittsburg, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Gates
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Ben M. Smith, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
delivered the opinion of the .court.
The appellee is administrator of the estate of Arthur Hatfield, deceased, and sued appellant for negligence which he claims caused the death of his intestate. The jury found appellant guilty and assessed the damages at the sum of $5,000, and the court, after overruling appellant’s motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, rendered judgment on the verdict. The accident which caused Hatfield’s death occurred in the vicinity of Fifteenth street and appellant’s right-of-way across said street. Fifteenth street lies east and west and is crossed by more…
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