Wetherell v. Chicago City R. R.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Elbkidge Hanecy, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Ball
delivered the opinion of the court.
The abstract is not so deficient that we should for that reason affirm this judgment.
The contention of appellee that the action of the trial court in directing the jury to return a verdict for appellee at the close of all the evidence should be sustained, because such evidence, “ with all the inferences the jury might justifiably draw therefrom, is not sufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff, if one had been returned,” is not well founded.
It is sufficient to say that the evidence of appellant, supported by that of two…
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