Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad v. Kotoski
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by appellee, by his next friend, to recover damages for an injury to his person through the alleged negligence of appellant’s employees.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by appellee, by his next friend, to recover damages for an injury to his person through the alleged negligence of appellant’s employees. He recovered a judgment in the superior court of Cook county for §15,000 and costs of suit, to reverse which the defendant appealed to the Appellate Court for the First District, but that court affirmed the judgment below, and hence this further appeal. On June…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The three grounds of reversal here urged may be stated to be: the trial court erred in refusing to give an instruction asked by the defendant at the close of all the evidence to find for the defendant, in refusing instructions asked by it upon the final submission of the case to the jury, and in the admission of improper evidence over the objection of its counsel.
Under the first ground, it is insisted that the conductor had no rig'ht or authority to authorize the plaintiff to walk along the track or bridge; that plaintiff was a trespasser in so doing, and that the evidence failed to prove, or…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Illinois Central Railroad v. O'ConnorIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
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