{
  "id": 2614937,
  "name": "St. Louis & Northeastern Railway Company, Appellant, v. Phillip Sommerland, Appellee",
  "name_abbreviation": "St. Louis & Northeastern Railway Co. v. Sommerland",
  "decision_date": "1908-03-18",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "184",
  "last_page": "185",
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      "cite": "140 Ill. App. 184"
    }
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
  },
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "St. Louis & Northeastern Railway Company, Appellant, v. Phillip Sommerland, Appellee."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Creighton\ndelivered the opinion of\nthe court.\nThis was a suit in case, in the Circuit'Court of Madison county, by appellee against appellant, to re- ' cover for an injury sustained by appellee while riding in one of appellant\u2019s cars, as a passenger for hire. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $200.\nAppellee had taken passage on one of appellant\u2019s cars to be carried from Carlinville to Edwardsville, and when the car had progressed to a point about four miles from Edwardsville, one of appellant\u2019s north-bound cars collided with it. The cars came together with such force as to \u201csweep from the floor\u201d the dash and vestibule of one of them and to break a glass in the front vestibule and drive a trolley pole through the roof of the other, and to move the forward trucks of one of them back, about two feet. Appellee was injured, and claimed to be severely injured: Appellant contended that he was but slightly injured.\nIt is conceded that the collision was caused by the disobedience of orders by the motorman in charge of one of the cars, in failing to stop his car at a certain siding and wait for the other to pass. The state of the evidence makes a perfect case on behalf of appellee and discloses no defense on the part of appellant, except as to the extent and severity of appellee\u2019s injuries.\nIt is contended here that the damage given is excessive. We are of opinion that the amount of damages assessed by the jury is clearly within the limit warranted by the evidence, and that no error has intervened that has prejudiced the rights of appellant. This case falls within that class where substantial justice has been done by the verdict and judgment of the trial court. In such cases slight errors neither call for nor warrant a reversal.\nThe judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed.\nAffirmed.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Creighton"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Terry & Gueltig, for appellant.",
      "C. H. Burton, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "St. Louis & Northeastern Railway Company, Appellant, v. Phillip Sommerland, Appellee.\n1. Negligence\u2014when collision result of. A collision caused by disobedience of orders is a collision caused by negligence.\nAction in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. B. R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the August term, 1907.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed March 18, 1908.\nTerry & Gueltig, for appellant.\nC. H. Burton, for appellee."
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