Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Robson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, begun in the superior court of Cook county on April 27, 1900, by the appellee against the appellant company to recover damages for a personal injury.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, begun in the superior court of Cook county on April 27, 1900, by the appellee against the appellant company to recover damages for a personal injury. The Union Stock Yards and Transit Company and the Chicago Junction Railway Company appear to have been co-defendants below with the appellant, but the suit was dismissed against them, and allowed to stand as against the appellant. The trial…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Upon the conclusion of all the evidence upon the trial below, the appellant asked a written instruction, instructing the jury “as a matter of law, that the pleadings and all the evidence considered, the plaintiff is not entitled to recover in this action; you will, therefore, return a verdict finding the defendant not guilty.” The court refused to give this instruction, and such refusal is complained of by the appellant as error. It was not error to refuse the instruction, if there was evidence tending to sustain the cause of action. In order to determine whether there was evidence sustaining…
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