Sage v. Johnson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Lake county; the Hon. Claire C. Edwards, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
James Sage was killed on a highway crossing by an interurban car operated by plaintiff in error. Sage’s administrator brought this suit against the receiver of said interurban line to recover damages for the loss to the next of kin, and on a jury trial had a verdict and a judgment of $1,000. The receiver brings the judgment here for review by writ of error and contends that the evidence did not warrant the jury in finding that the deceased was in the exercise of due care nor that the motorman running the car was negligent, and that therefore the court should have directed a verdict for the…
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