Legal Opinion

Pittsburgh, Ft. W. & C. Ry. Co. v. Callaghan

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 11, 1894PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Memorandum.—Action for personal injuries. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. Declaration in case; plea of not guilty; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1893, and affirmed.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court,

Gary, J.

This is an action by the appellee as plaintiff below, for personal injury.

The only question in the case is whether the evidence justified a verdict for the plaintiff.

We extract from the brief of the appellant this description of the place at which the injury was inflicted, and of the course of business there:

“ Morris & Company’s packing house, where the injury happened, is situated on the northwest corner of what would be Loomis street on the east, and Forty-third street on the south, if those streets were cut through the grounds.

The southeast corner of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fisher v. JansenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Condon v. SchoenfeldIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Howell v. J. Mandelbaum & SonsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
  3. Devine v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1914
  4. Auerbach v. ArguellesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
  5. Wall v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1918

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