Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Case
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county, the Hon. Robert W. Wright, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1905.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Brown
delivered the opinion of the court.
If the position be well taken by the appellee that this court can and should, if necessary, sustain the verdict and judgment in this case upon a legal proposition negatived by the trial judge in his instructions, provided those instructions were erroneous, it is manifest we shall enlarge or narrow the limits of our inquiry by first considering and disposing of that proposition.
Assuming, therefore, without passing on the soundness of the position, that the appellee is entitled to the benefit of the said proposition if it be correct,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Worster v. Forty-Second Street & Grand Street Ferry RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Wooley v. . Grand Street Newtown R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Groves v. Louisville Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
- Schild v. Central Park, North & East River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Cook v. Union RailwayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Brun v. Chicago City Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1913