Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Likes
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lockwood Honoré, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lockwood Honoré, Judge, presiding. This was an action of case, originally brought in the circuit court of Cook county on February 25, 1902, by William E. Likes, the appellee, against the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway Company (hereinafter referred to as the railway company) to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by Likes on November 4, 1901. On April 8, 1902, the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company (hereinafter referred to as the postal company)…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chies Justice Scott
delivered the opinion of the .court:
It is first urged that the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for appellant at the close of all the evidence. The reasons assigned in support of this contention are, first, that the evidence failed to establish the existence of any duty on the part of appellant charged by the declaration to have been violated; second, that the plaintiff assumed the risk of injury from the feed wires; and third, that there was a fatal variance between the declaration and the proof as to the ownership of the pole and as to the charge of joint…
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