Elwood v. Chicago City Ry. Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. Heard at the March term, 1900, of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sears
This suit was brought by plaintiff in error, seeking to recover damages for an injury received, it is alleged, through negligence of defendant in error while alighting from a car of the defendant in error upon which she was a passenger.
The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment thereon for defendant in error. Inasmuch as the judgment must be reversed for error in the giving of instructions, it is unnecessary to discuss the evidence, except to state that it is such that we can not say that a recovery, if had, might not have been sustained. Nor would we feel warranted in disturbing this…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. PillsburyIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. ArnolIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Tuller v. TalbotIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. RoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
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