Commonwealth Electric Co. v. Rose
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. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
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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. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Branch Appellate Court for the First District, affirming a judgment for $5000.00 rendered against the appellant company in favor of the appellee in the Superior Court of Cook county in an action on the case, prosecuted to recover damages on account of the death of Joseph H. Rose. The declaration consists of two counts. The first alleges that on and prior to June 28, 1897,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice MagrudER
The facts of this case are settled by the judgment of the Superior Court of Cook county, and the judgment of the Branch Appellate Court for the First District affirming the same, in favor of the appellee. At the close of the appellee’s evidence, and again at the close of all the evidence, the appellant asked the court to give to the jury a written instruction, requiring them to find the defendant not guilty. The instruction thus asked was refused, and the only question for us to consider, so far as the evidence is concerned, is whether or not the proof tends to sustain the cause of action.
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