Consolidated Ice Machine Co. v. Keifer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;— heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East ,St. Louis; the Hon. B. H. Canby, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Anton Keifer, administrator of the estate of John Keifer, deceased, against the Consolidated Ice Company arid the Heim Brewing Company, both defendants being private corporations, to recover damages for causing the death of the intestate.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;— heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East ,St. Louis; the Hon. B. H. Canby, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Anton Keifer, administrator of the estate of John Keifer, deceased, against the Consolidated Ice Company arid the Heim Brewing Company, both defendants being private corporations, to recover damages for causing the death of the intestate. The declaration contains two counts, the first of which alleges, in substance, that on December 28, 1886, the intestate was, with other persons, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
The judgment of affirmance rendered by the Appellate Court is conclusive upon all questions of fact. It must'be presumed that the facts were found to be sufficient to maintain the plaintiff’s cause of action against each of the defendants, and that the negligent conduct of each contributed to the death of the intestate.
The principal question arises upon objection to the first instruction given at the instance of plaintiff. That instruction told the jury, in effect, that if the evidence warranted, they might find either or both of the defendants guilty, and was, as said by counsel, “based upon…
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