Greenwald v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

This cause comes on appeal by certificate of importance from the Appellate Court for the First District to reverse the judgment of that court affirming a judgment of nil capiat entered by the superior court of Cook county against appellant. The action is for damages to appellant’s automobile truck, caused by a collision with a train of appellee. At the close of appellant’s case on the trial, the court, on motion of appellee, instructed the jury to find the issues for the defendant. The one issue involved in this case is whether the court erred in so instructing the jury.

The declaration…