Chicago & Alton Railroad Co. v. Kelly
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding. . Appellee, as the administratrix of George J. Kelly, brought this suit against appellant for negligently causing the death of her intestate. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment against appellant for $5000, from which it appealed to the Appellate Court, where the judgment has been affirmed.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding. . Appellee, as the administratrix of George J. Kelly, brought this suit against appellant for negligently causing the death of her intestate. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment against appellant for $5000, from which it appealed to the Appellate Court, where the judgment has been affirmed. The present appeal is from such judgment of affirmance. Appellee’s intestate, at the time he was killed, was in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam!:
In deciding this case the Appellate Court delivered the following opinion:
“The case was before us at a former time, and was then reversed and the cause remanded for reasons stated in the opinion of the court. (75 Ill. App. 490.) So far as concerns the assignment of error by which the negligence of the appellant is brought in question, and the action of the trial court in refusing the peremptory instruction to find a verdict for appellant, we- must accept the verdict of two juries, and our former opinion relative to these questions, as decisive of these points. The facts…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. DunleavyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. HansenIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Illinois Central Railroad v. NowickiIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Partlow v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. PatchenIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. EatonIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
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- Wallace v. City of Rock IslandAppellate Court of Illinois · 1944
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