Zyla v. Chicago City Railway Co.

The learned trial judge on the motion of the defendant, at the conclusion of the hearing of all the proofs of both contestants, directed a verdict of not guilty and thereon entered a judgment of nil capiat and for costs. This writ of error seeks a reversal of that judgment on the contention that the case made was one of disputed fact which should have been left to the jury for solution.

The gravamen of the charge of negligence against defendant is that the car which collided with the wagon which plaintiff was driving was so carelessly and negligently operated and managed that the collision…