Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Lundahl
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—■ heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, brought on May 8, 1902, by the appellee, as administrator of the estate of Herbert S. Lundahl, deceased, against the appellant company to recover damages for an injury, resulting in the death of appellee’s intestate.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—■ heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, brought on May 8, 1902, by the appellee, as administrator of the estate of Herbert S. Lundahl, deceased, against the appellant company to recover damages for an injury, resulting in the death of appellee’s intestate. The trial resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of the appellee, which judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court; and the present appeal is prosecuted from such judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The errors, relied upon by the appellant for reversal, are two only; first, the refusal of the peremptory instruction in writing, requested by the appellant at the close of all the evidence, directing the jury to find the' defendant not guilty; and, second, “the ruling of the trial’ court in admitting evidence, that the companion with deceased had twenty cents in his possession, there being no evidence that the deceased had any money to pay fare,, or that the companion intended to pay the fare of deceased.”
First—The refusal of the court to instruct the jury to find the appellant not guilty…
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