Chicago Hansom Cab Co. v. McCarthy, 35 Ill. App. 199 (1889)

Dec. 24, 1889 · Illinois Appellate Court

35 Ill. App. 199

Chicago Hansom Cab Company v. John McCarthy.

Master and. Servant—Negligence of Servant—Injury to Third Person— Evidence.

This court declines to interfere with the verdict for the plaintiff in an action brought to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by him, through the negligence of one of defendant’s servants.

[Opinion filed December 24, 1889.]

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Julius S. Grinnell, Judge, presiding.

Messrs. Monroe & McShane, for appellant.

Mr. George H. Kettelle, for appellee.

Gary, P. J.

The verdict of a jury on the question of negligence where, in a thronged street, the driver of a cab in endeavoring to get in toward the head of a line of teams waiting for the closing of a bridge, strikes a man in the back with one of the shafts of a cab, and injures him, is generally conclusive. Where there is no error in law and there is enough evidence to sustain the verdict, there is no escape from it on the ground merely that there is conflicting evidence. The judgment is affirmed.

Judgment affirmed.