Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Ry. Co. v. Birney
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. A. J. Gallagher, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
We perceive nothing in this ease to take it out of the general rule, that a party suing for an injury received can only recover such damages as flow from and are the immediate result of that injury. Damages produced by other agencies than those causing the injury, or even by agencies remotely connected with those causing the injury, can not be awarded as proximate or proper compensation, but only where the injury flows from the wrongful act as its natural concomitant, or as the direct result thereof. Where speculation or conjecture has to be resorted to, for the purpose of determining whether…
2Cited by39 opinions
- Ehrgott v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Brown v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
- Daughetee v. Ohio Oil Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Trigg v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1881
- Connell v. Western Union-Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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