Herb v. Pitcairn

This is an appeal from a judgment non obstante veredicto rendered by the city court of Granite City, Illinois, in favor of Norman B. Pitcairn and Frank C. Nicodemus, Jr., receivers for the Wabash Railway Company, a corporation, appellees (hereinafter called defendants), after a jury had returned a verdict for appellant, Victor J. Herb (hereinafter called plaintiff), in the sum of $30,000.

The action was instituted by plaintiff for injuries sustained by him (consisting chiefly of the loss of his left foot and a part of his left leg) while plaintiff was in the performance of his duties as a…