Wood v. Illinois Central Railroad

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by Frank N. Wood, plaintiff below, on September 18, 1903, as he was alighting from a train of the Michigan Central Railroad Company, running upon the tracks of the defendant below, Illinois Central Railroad Company, at or near the station of the defendant in Chicago, known as “39th Street.” On a second trial of the case the jury, on July 10, 1912, returned a verdict finding the defendant not guilty, and on the same day the court, after denying plaintiff’s motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, entered judgment in favor…