Campbell v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment recovered by appellee, against appellant, in an action on the case for personal injuries. The errors assigned and argued are the refusal of the court to direct the jury to find the defendant not guilty and the giving of an instruction for the plaintiff.

In passing upon the motion to direct a verdict the court could not weigh the evidence, but was required to view it in the light most favorable to the appellee and to resolve all controverted questions of fact in his favor. So viewed, the evidence tends to show that…