Devine v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Graves
This suit was begun by plaintiff in error to recover for personal injuries claimed to have been received by her because of the defective streets of defendant in error. The jury found the defendant not guilty and judgment followed.
The only errors complained of relate to several instructions given at the instance of defendant in error.
Instruction No. 7, after stating the rule to be that the preponderance of the evidence does not necessarily depend on the number of witnesses testifying on either side, undertakes to enumerate the things the jury may take into consideration in determining on which…
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