Illinois Central Railroad v. Griffin
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Truman E. Ames, Judg'e, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Marion county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Truman E. Ames, Judg'e, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Marion county. The facts in the case, as shown by the record of the trial court, are substantially as follows: Appellee, Emma Griffin, in July, 1897, was living two and a quarter miles north-east of Patoka, a station on defendant’s railroad. On the 22d of July she started to Patoka about seven…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The principal part of the argument of appellant is devoted to a discussion of the evidence, with a view of showing that the circuit court erred in refusing to instruct the jury to find for the defendant. It is a misapprehension of the law to suppose that this court, on an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court, where an instruction of that character has been refused, will review the evidence and determine its sufficiency to support the verdict. That is the province of the Appellate Court, but this court does not pass upon controverted questions of fact and determine the weig'ht of the…
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