Pennsylvania Co. v. McCaffrey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook couuty; the Hon. Edmund W. Burke, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook couuty; the Hon. Edmund W. Burke, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, brought by the appellee against the appellant company to recover damages for injuries received by him on December 11, 1894. The appellant company had a double-track line of railroad, running north and south along what is known as Stewart avenue in Chicago, and across Archer avenue and Twenty-second street in that city. On December 11,1894, appellee was a passenger on one of appellant’s in-bound…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The first error assigned is, that the trial court refused to give the first instruction asked by the appellant. That instruction was as follows: “The court instructs the jury, that, the pleadings and all the evidence considered, your verdict should be for the defendant.” The contention of the appellant is, that it had provided a station and depot grounds on the east side of the east track, on which the passenger train stopped, that it was the duty of the appellee, when he alighted from the train, to alight upon the east side thereof where there was no track; and that, by alighting upon the…
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