Chicago City Railway Co. v. Leach
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. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a. judgment of the superior court of Cook county, in which appellee recovered $16,500 damages for a personal injury received while in appellant’s service.
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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. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a. judgment of the superior court of Cook county, in which appellee recovered $16,500 damages for a personal injury received while in appellant’s service. It appears from the statement of facts in the opinion of the Appellate Court, which seems to be sustained by the evidence, that the appellee was a conductor in the employment of appellant, having in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The first and second additional counts were filed after the Statute of Limitations had run, and unless those counts may be regarded as a re-statement of the cause of action set out in the first count of the original declaration, the plea of the Statute of Limitations was a bar and the ruling of the court on the demurrer to the pleas was erroneous.
In the first count of the original declaration the relationship of the parties is fully stated, and under the rule laid down in Chicago and Alton Railroad Co. v. Swan, 176 Ill. 424, and Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railroad Co. v. Hawthorn,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Swift & Co. v. MaddenIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Fish v. FarwellIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. SwanIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Phelps v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
3Cited by18 opinions
- Presley v. Newport HospitalSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
- Tribune Co. v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1930
- Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. GattaSupreme Court of Delaware · 1913
- Carter v. PierceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
- Gatta v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1910
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