Legal Opinion

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Lewis

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 23, 1884PublishedCited by 50 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Ninian M. Laws, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott

It can not consistently be contended in this court, as was done in the lower courts, the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict as to the alleged negligence of defendant in respect to the accident that caused the injury to plaintiff, nor that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant the jury in disregarding the alleged release of damages offered in evidence by defendant, as having been obtained through improper practices. These are questions of fact about which the evidence is conflicting, and as to which the jury found the issues against the position taken by defendant. The…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Illinois Central Railroad v. WelchIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
  2. Missouri Furnace Co. v. AbendIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. GregoryIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
  4. Mullen v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
  5. Bates v. BallIllinois Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by50 opinions

  1. O'Meara v. HaidenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
  2. Blanchard v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1888
  3. Lumley v. Wabash R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
  4. Wagner v. National Life Ins. Co. of MontpelierCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
  5. Papke v. G. H. Hammond Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1901

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