Village of Lockport v. Licht

The Appellate Court affirmed a judgment of $2758 in favor of appellee, against appellant, for personal injuries. The action was originally brought against the village of Lockport and the Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway Company, jointly. The case has been twice tried. The first trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $4000, against the village. (See 113 Ill. App. 613.) On the second trial the jury was instructed to find the street railway company not guilty, and the motion on behalf of the village to instruct the jury to return a verdict in its favor was…