Legal Opinion

Conrad v. Springfield Consolidated Railway Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 17, 1908Published

Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1908.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume

The plaintiff, James T. Conrad, recovered a verdict against the Springfield Consolidated Railway Co., defendant and appellant here, for the sum of $5,000 as damages for personal injuries. Upon the motion for a new trial plaintiff was required to remit $2,000 from the verdict, and having entered such remittitur, the motion for a new trial was overruled and judgment was entered against defendant for $3,000.

The declaration consists of three counts. The first two counts allege that on August 21, 1906, the defendant was operating a street railway on Monroe and Sixth streets in the city of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. B. Shoninger Co. v. MannIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  2. United States Brewing Co. v. StoltenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Commonwealth Electric Co. v. RoseIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  4. City of Paxton v. BogardusIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. SteckmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1906

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