Lee v. Republic Iron & Steel Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. Emery C. Graves, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. Emery C. Graves, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case commenced by William A. Lee, the appellee, against the Republic Iron and Steel Company, the appellant, in the circuit court of Rock Island county, to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been sustained by -the appellee while he was in the employ of the appellant, in consequence of the negligence of the appellant. A trial resulted in a judgment in favor of the appellee…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The first contention of the appellant is, that the evidence introduced on behalf of the appellee did not tend to support the cause of action set forth in his amended declaration, and for that reason the court erred in declining to take the case from the jury, upon its motion, at the close of all the evidence. The evidence found in this record is substantially the same as that found in the record when the case was here before, and we think required that the case be submitted to the jury.
It is next contended that the amended declaration stated a new cause of action, and that the court erred in…
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