Herricks v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
■ Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal front the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. E. R. E. Kimbrough, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The defendant in error, Clarence Herricks, suing by his next friend, recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Vermilion county against the plaintiff in error, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, for damages resulting from the loss of an eye while employed by plaintiff in error as a helper for a blacksmith. The Appellate Court for the Third District affirmed the judgment, and we granted a writ of certiorari for the purpose of reviewing the record.
The defendant asked the court to direct a verdict of not guilty, which the court refused to do, and the refusal raises the…
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