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  "id": 2827151,
  "name": "Mary Royls, Administratrix, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Royls v. Chicago City Railway Co.",
  "decision_date": "1913-10-15",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 18,035",
  "first_page": "486",
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      "Mary Royls, Administratrix, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Duncan\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n3. Cabbiebs, \u00a7 472*\u2014admissibility of expert evidence as to cause of death. Permitting a physician to state whether injuries caused death, held not to invade province of the jury.\n4. Cabbiebs, \u00a7 472*\u2014competency of expert to answer hypothetical questions on cause of death. Physician may in answer to hypothetical questions, give opinion whether death resulted from injuries though he had personal knowledge of the nature and extent of the injuries and was able to testify 'from his own knowledge.\n5. Appeal and ebbob, \u00a7 512*\u2014when objection to hypothetical questions waived. Objection that hypothetical questions contained improper elements or lacked other elements is waived by not making specific objections.\n6. Appeal and ebbob, \u00a7 430*\u2014time to object for duplicity in declaration. Too late after judgment to complain of duplicity in the declaration.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Duncan"
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    "attorneys": [
      "John E. Kehoe and Watson J. Ferry, for appellant; Leonard A. Busby, of counsel.",
      "S. P. Douthart and James L. Bynum, for appellee; Guerin, Gallagher & Barrett, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "Mary Royls, Administratrix, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 18,035.\n(liot to he reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Carriers, \u00a7 476 \u2014when evidence sufficient to sustain verdict for death resulting from sudden starting of car. In an action against a street railway company for death of a person resulting from sudden start of one of defendant\u2019s cars while boarding same at a street intersection, verdict for plaintiff, held not against the manifest weight of the evidence.\n2. Carriers, \u00a7 472*\u2014when expert evidence admissible. It is discretionary with court to admit expert evidence in rebuttal, although affirmative evidence in establishment of plaintiff\u2019s case.\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard E. Burke, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed October 15, 1913.\nRehearing denied October 27, 1913.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Mary Royls, administratrix of the estate of James J. Royls, deceased, against Chicago City Railway Company to recover for wrongful death of deceased resulting from sudden' starting of car while deceased was attempting to board same at street intersection. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff for five thousand dollars, defendant appeals.\nJohn E. Kehoe and Watson J. Ferry, for appellant; Leonard A. Busby, of counsel.\nS. P. Douthart and James L. Bynum, for appellee; Guerin, Gallagher & Barrett, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XIV, same topic and section number."
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