Legal Opinion

Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Matthews

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 30, 1894PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Thomas P. Tipton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker

This was an action to recover damages by appellee, from-appellant, for an alleged personal injury. The case was tried by the McLean county circuit court, and judgment rendered for appellee. Appeal was taken to the Appellate Court, and upon hearing in that court the judgment of the circuit court was reversed and the cause remanded. (Chicago and Alton Railroad Co. v. Matthews, 39 Ill. App. 541.) Upon remand ment the cause was again tried in the McLean county circuit court and judgment was rendered for appellee for §4000, whereupon appellant appealed to the Appellate Court for the Third…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. MatthewsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Demmer v. American InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903
  2. Pioneer Fireproof Construction Co. v. SunderlandIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Pioneer Fire-Proof Construction Co. v. SunderlandAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900

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