Ramsay v. Tuthill Building Material Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the First Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Hugo Pam, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
William Walter Woods was killed on March 29, 1917, and Gordon A. Ramsay, as administrator of his estate, recovered a judgment against the Tuthill Building Material Company in the superior court of Cook county for $2500 damages occasioned by his death. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court, and a writ of certiorari was allowed to review the record.
On the trial the defendant made a motion at the close. of the evidence to instruct the jury to find the defendant not guilty, which the court denied, and it is insisted that it erred in doing so; and it is also contended that the…
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