Klees v. Chicago & E. I. R. R.

Mr. Presiding Justice Crabtree

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an application for a certificate of importance. The action was case, and on a trial in the court below the jury were instructed to return a verdict for the defendant, which was done, judgment rendered thereon, and the plaintiff appealed to this court. Our opinion affirming the judgment of the Circuit Court ivas filed December 9, 1896, and is reported in 68 Ill. App. 244. No certificate of importance was then applied for, without which it is conceded no appeal could have been taken. The object of the present application…