Frank Parmelee Co. v. Wheelock
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This is an action to recover for personal injuries received in 1902, appellant and the Chicago City Railway Company being made defendants.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This is an action to recover for personal injuries received in 1902, appellant and the Chicago City Railway Company being made defendants. Appellee was a passenger /> in an omnibus belonging to appellant, driven by one of its employees west along Harrison street, Chicago, about seven o’clock P. M., while it was still daylight. There are double street car .tracks in Harrison street at this point, and the omnibus,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
At the close of the evidence the court refused to instruct the jury that appellant was not guilty. We do not think the court erred in so ruling. There was evidence' in the record fairly tending to support the plaintiff’s cause of action. Under such .circumstances it would be error for the court to direct a verdict for the defendant. Libby, McNeill & Libby v. Cook, 222 Ill. 206; Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Bailey, id. 480; Chicago City Railway Co. v. Martensen, 198 id. 511.
At the close of the evidence counsel for appellee moved to dismiss the first count of the declaration and as to the…
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