Appel v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Kick-ham Scanlan, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a judgment of $10,000 recovered by appellee, hereinafter called plaintiff, in an action for damages for personal injuries. The judgment appealed from was rendered after a third trial before a jury. The first trial resulted in a disagreement and the second trial in a verdict for $6,500 in favor of plaintiff, which verdict was set aside and a new trial granted. The same judge who presided over the second trial officiated at the third trial. After verdict rendered in the third trial a motion for a new trial…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- North Chicago Street Railway Co. v. CottonIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. FosterIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Henrietta Coal Co. v. CampbellIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. StrongIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. FosterAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
3Cited by1 opinion
- Smith v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916