Illinois Central Railroad v. Cheek

This action was instituted by the appellee to recover damages for the alleged negligence of appellant resulting in an injury to her on attempting to enter a passenger car on the railroad of appellant at a station at the town of Ullin, in the state of Illinois. There' was a special verdict returned by the jury formulated by means of interrogatories submitted by the court under the provisions of the act of 1895, and the jury therein assessed appellee’s damages in the event she was entitled to recover upon the facts found, at $14,000. Over appellant’s motion for a new trial the court rendered…