Chicago City Railway Co. v. McCaughna
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. Kavanagh, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. Kavanagh, Judge, presiding. This action is brought by appellee, against appellant, to recover damages for injuries sustained by being thrown from one of appellant’s cable trains upon which she was a passenger, at the intersection of Wabash avenue and Twenty-second street, in the city of Chicago, on the 19th day of September, 1901. The cause of action is set out in the original declaration, consisting of two counts and two additional counts. The first…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
But two questions are presented upon this record. The first is upon the refusal of the court to give the peremptory-instructions asked by appellant at the close of plaintiff’s evidence and at the close of all the evidence. The second is upon the admission of certain evidence. The first question therefore to be considered is whether or not the evidence, from all the inferences that may be drawn therefrom, fairly tends to support plaintiff’s cause of action, and not whether plaintiff has proved her cause by a preponderance of the evidence, as is apparently contended for by appellant. If there…
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- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. DonworthIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- North Chicago Street Railroad v. BaurIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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