Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Filler
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. S. C. Stough, Judge, presiding. This is an action in case, commenced in the superior court of Cook county on August 20, 1898, by the appellee against the appellant railroad company and the Union Stock Yards and Transit Company to recover damages for a personal injury to the appellee. Both defendants filed pleas of the general issue.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. S. C. Stough, Judge, presiding. This is an action in case, commenced in the superior court of Cook county on August 20, 1898, by the appellee against the appellant railroad company and the Union Stock Yards and Transit Company to recover damages for a personal injury to the appellee. Both defendants filed pleas of the general issue. Subsequently, however, the pleadings were amended by discontinuing the suit as to the Union Stock Yards and Transit Company, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—At the close of all the evidence, the defendant below, the appellant company here, asked the court to give to the jury a written instruction, instructing them to find their verdict for the defendant on the entire evidence introduced in the case. The court refused to give this instruction, to which ruling exception was duly taken. The refusal of this instruction is the first error called to our attention in the brief of appellant’s counsel.
Whether or not the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury to find for the defendant depends upon the question, whether there was any evidence in…
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