Robards v. Wabash Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Trial in the Circuit Court ofSangamon County; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for defendant by direction of the court; error by plaintiff. Heard in this court at the May term, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Wright
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff in error brought suit in case against the defendant in error, charging negligence, whereby he was injured. At the close of all the evidence, at the instance of the defendant, the court instructed the jury to find the issues for the defendant, and, a motion for a new trial having been overruled by the court, final judgment was given against the plaintiff in bar of the action and for costs, to reverse which this writ of error is prosecuted. The errors urged upon our attention are chiefly that the court erred in sustaining…
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