Elgin, Aurora & Southern Traction Co. v. Wilson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. H. B. Willis, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
A judgment in the sum of $3000, entered in the circuit court of Kane county in favor of the appellee and against, the appellant company for damages arising from a personal injury, was affirmed in the Appellate Court for the Second District. This is an appeal from the judgment of affirmance.
The trial court did not err in refusing to direct a peremptory verdict for the appellant company.
On August 2, 1902, a game of base ball was being played in the park along the line of the appellant company’s railroad, about two and one-half miles from the city of Elgin and about the same distance from the…
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