Legal Opinion

Valtez v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1877PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair' county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese

This was case, in the St. Clair circuit court, by Joseph Valtez, plaintiff, and against the Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company, defendant, to recover damages for a personal injury caused by the negligence of defendant’s servants. The questions come before us on a demurrer to the evidence, which had been adjudged in favor of the defendant, and a judgment rendered against plaintiff for the costs, to reverse which he appeals, and makes the point that the demurrer was not properly framed, and should have been overruled on the ground, and for the reason, that it admitted the evidence, instead of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. MurphyIllinois Supreme Court · 1870

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad v. MorandaIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Jackson v. Norfolk & W. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Unfried v. Balt. & O. R'd Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Ell v. Northern Pacific RailroadNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Elliot v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court Of The Territory Of Dakota · 1889

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