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N.Y., C. & ST. L.R.R. v. AM. TRANSIT LINES, INC.

No. 31507.

408 Ill. 336 (1951)

97 N.E.2d 264

THE NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. AMERICAN TRANSIT LINES, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 19, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMPSON & MARTENSEN, of Paxton, and POPE & DRIEMEYER, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

BUSCH & HARRINGTON, of Champaign, (W. KENNETH PORTER, of counsel,) for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE GUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

Suit was filed in the circuit court of Ford County by the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company against the American Transit Lines, Inc. A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $17,800. After the verdict was returned, plaintiff filed a motion for judgment in its favor against the defendant for the amount of $51,242.22, notwithstanding...

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