Calvert v. Illinois Power & Light Corp.

This cause is in this court upon the petition of the plaintiff for leave to appeal from an order of the superior court of Cook county granting a new trial, which was allowed.

On April 29, 1936, after a hearing of the cause before the court and a jury, a verdict was returned in open court finding the issues for the plaintiff and assessing his damages in the sum of $21,250.

Thereafter the defendant filed a motion for judgment non obstante veredicto, and also a motion for a new trial ; and subsequent thereto on July 31, 1936, the trial judge granted defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The action…