Chicago City Railway Co. v. Schaefer
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1904. Statement by the Court. This appeal was consolidated for hearing with the separate appeal taken from the same judgment by Joseph Stockton Company, Ho.- 12,030 in this; court.
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Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1904. Statement by the Court. This appeal was consolidated for hearing with the separate appeal taken from the same judgment by Joseph Stockton Company, Ho.- 12,030 in this; court. The judgment appealed from is for $10,000, and was rendered in the Superior Court against the Chicago City Railway Company and Joseph. Stockton Company (hereinafter called defendants) in favor of the appellee (hereinafter called plaintiff), who…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The two appeals heard together involve a thoroughly triangular contest. The appellants agree in very little, but each is entirely satisfied that if either appellant is liable, it is the other; while the appellee, having secured a judgment against both, is confident that both are guilty.
Many alleged errors have been assigned and argued, among the most serious of which are actions of the court taken at the instance- of or in accordance with the contentions of one of the co-defendants, appellants here. These could not of course be taken advantage of by the litigant at whose instance they.were…
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