Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Volume 192 |
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... duty of a trial court , and it is also a proper exercise of its jurisdic- tion , to set aside an order improvidently made . While a cause is pending , and the parties are before the court , the court has control over the record and the ...
... duty of a trial court , and it is also a proper exercise of its jurisdic- tion , to set aside an order improvidently made . While a cause is pending , and the parties are before the court , the court has control over the record and the ...
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... duty to have taken his place upon the last of the two cars which were shoved forward by the locomotive . The testimony of the appellant tends to sustain its theory upon this subject . A large number of witnesses testified in behalf of ...
... duty to have taken his place upon the last of the two cars which were shoved forward by the locomotive . The testimony of the appellant tends to sustain its theory upon this subject . A large number of witnesses testified in behalf of ...
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... duty , yet that master was not appellant ; hence the fact , that they were fellow - servants , could not be availed of by appel- lant to protect itself against the negligence of Fox , if appellant's negligence contributed to the injury ...
... duty , yet that master was not appellant ; hence the fact , that they were fellow - servants , could not be availed of by appel- lant to protect itself against the negligence of Fox , if appellant's negligence contributed to the injury ...
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... duty of the employees of the Clover Leaf railroad , in traveling as they were travel- ing at this time , to be on a constant lookout to ascertain whether any cars had been left in the yards after their departure , and to ascertain ...
... duty of the employees of the Clover Leaf railroad , in traveling as they were travel- ing at this time , to be on a constant lookout to ascertain whether any cars had been left in the yards after their departure , and to ascertain ...
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... duty of the defendant to whistle or ring . 2. SAME - sufficiency of proof that engine was propelled with great force . An allegation that defendant's engine was propelled with great force is sufficiently sustained by evidence that the ...
... duty of the defendant to whistle or ring . 2. SAME - sufficiency of proof that engine was propelled with great force . An allegation that defendant's engine was propelled with great force is sufficiently sustained by evidence that the ...
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Page 633 - Public in and for said County, and in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that James Y. Scammon, who is personally known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that he signed, sealed and delivered the said instrument as his free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
Page 363 - ... provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.
Page 42 - For any injury to person or property, occasioned by any willful violation« of this Act, or willful failure to comply with any of its provisions, a right of action shall accrue to the party injured, for any direct damages sustained thereby...
Page 274 - The general assembly shall pass laws for the inspection of grain, for the protection of producers, shippers and receivers of grain and produce.
Page 298 - In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to appear and defend in person and by counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation...
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Page 274 - State having not less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, "in which grain is stored in bulk, and in which the grain of different owners is mixed together, or in which grain is stored in such a manner that the identity of different lots or parcels cannot be accurately preserved.
Page 164 - Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the President or by three (3) directors.
Page 536 - It is the settled law of this court that, when the evidence given at the trial, with all the inferences which the jury could justifiably draw from it, is insufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff, so that such a verdict, if returned, must be set aside, the court is not bound to submit the case to the jury, but may direct a verdict for the defendant.
Page 254 - ... to the only proper use, benefit, and behoof of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever.