Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Beaver

The appellee administratrix, in an action on the case under the statute, on a trial before the court and jury in the circuit court of Vermilion county, recovered a judgment for $2000 as for damages occasioned to the next of kin of her intestate by reason of his death, which, as she alleged, was occasioned through the negligent acts of the servants of the appellant company. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Third District affirming that of the circuit court.

We do not think the court erred in refusing to direct a peremptory verdict in favor of the appellant…