Yunkes v. Latrobe Steel & Coupler Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
The question as to whether or not the court erred in directing a verdict turns upon the averments of negligence in the declaration, and whether the evidence with all inferences properly to be drawn therefrom fairly tends to prove plaintiff’s cause of action set out in the declaration. I. C. R. R. Co. v. Harris, 184 Ill. 57; Boyce v. Tallerman, 183 Ill. 115, 119; Offut v. World’s Col. Ex., 175 id. 472.
In order to warrant a recovery in this case under the averments of the declaration, it was necessary for the plaintiff to show not only that the defendant was negligent in maintaining the post…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. LaackIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Braun v. CravenIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. WilsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Boyce v. TallermanIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Schulte v. SchleeperIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
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