Walther v. Chicago & Alton Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1913.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment against the defendant for three thousand dollars as damages for personal injuries, froin which the defendant prosecutes this appeal. There were two previous trials of this case before a jury. At the first trial the jury disagreed, at the second a verdict was returned against the defendant for two thousand five hundred dollars, on which judgment was rendered. That judgment was reversed by this court for errors of law. Walther v. Chicago & A. R. Co., 176 Ill. App. 399.
The last trial was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. FeehanIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Walther v. Chicago & Alton RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
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