Legal Opinion
Ackerstadt v. Chicago City Ry. Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 12, 1901PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Abner Smith, Judge, .presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Presiding Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit brought by the appellant to recover for personal injuries sustained by him by falling or being thrown from a car of the appellee, on which he was riding as a passenger. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence the court instructed the jury to find a verdict for the defendant, which was done, and judgment went accordingly. It is said, in the recent case of Landgraf v. Kuh, 188 Ill. 484, as follows:
“ It is well settled in this State, that an instruction to the jury to find a verdict for the defendant should be…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. LaackIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Landgraf v. KuhIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Boyle v. Illinois Central R. R.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1900
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BaddeleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Kinnare v. KleinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900
3Cited by2 opinions
- Chicago & Alton Railway Co. v. NobleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
- North Chicago Street Railway Co. v. CanfieldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905