Coker v. Wabash Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ.op Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
In this action plaintiff in error claims damage's from defendant in error for a personal injury, alleged to have been caused by its wrongful and negligent act. She recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Sangamon county for §1500, which, on appeal, the Appellate Court reversed without remanding the case, incorporating in the judgment a special finding of facts. To reverse that judgment this writ of error has been sued out.
The declaration is of three counts, the first alleging that plaintiff, on August 13,1896, was riding in a carriage drawn by a horse upon a public highway, and that one…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Williams v. ForbesIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Harzfeld v. ConverseIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- City of Rock Falls v. WellsIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Hancock v. Singer Manufacturing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1898
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- Posch ex rel. Deming v. Chicago Railways Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1921
- Larkins v. Terminal RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905