Joliet Steel Co. v. Shields

This case was before this court on a former appeal and was reported, 32 Ill. App. 598. When the case was here at that time, this court was misled by a supposition that the cases of I. C. R. R. Co. v. Simmons, 38 Ill. 242, Mechanicsburg v. Meredith, 54 Ill. 84, Barker v. Koozier, 80 Ill. 205, L. S. & M. S. Ry. Co. v. O’Conner, 115 Ill. 254, and Keegan v. Kinnare, 123 Ill. 280, were similar to this, and in view of the special finding of the jury and of those cases, the declaration was held sufficient after verdict. On appeal to the Supreme Court the declaration was held insufficient after…