Chicago City Railway Co. v. Shaw
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment in favor of appellee for damages for personal injuries he is alleged to have sustained by reason of the negligence of appellant.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment in favor of appellee for damages for personal injuries he is alleged to have sustained by reason of the negligence of appellant. The evidence discloses that appellee was a passenger upon an electric car belonging to appellant, going in a west-' erly direction on Thirty-first street, in the city of Chicago. Stewart avenue runs north and south…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
It is first contended that under the circumstances the conductor was not negligent in giving the signal to cross. It was solely a question of fact for the jury to determine whether or not the appellant’s employees were negligent as charged in the declaration, under proper instructions from the court, and having so found that they were negligent, and the judgment of the Appellate Court having affirmed the finding of the jury and the judgment entered by the trial court, we are not at liberty to disturb their finding, as all controverted questions of fact in such cases are settled by the finding…
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