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  "name": "George C. Bandy, Appellee, v. Litchfield & Madison Railway Company, Appellant",
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      "George C. Bandy, Appellee, v. Litchfield & Madison Railway Company, Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice McBride\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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      "Warnock, Williamson & Burroughs, for appellant.",
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    "head_matter": "George C. Bandy, Appellee, v. Litchfield & Madison Railway Company, Appellant.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Courts, \u00a7 149 \u2014when former decision governs. A judgment for a plaintiff in a personal injury action will be reversed where the declaration and evidence are substantially the same as in a similar action by a different party whose judgment was reversed. Schmidt v. Litchfield & Madison Ry. Co., 179 Ill. App. 533, followed.\n2. Appeal and error, \u00a7 1491 \u2014when exclusion of evidence is harmless. Where in an action by a passenger against a railway company it is essential to prove that the motorman was actually guilty of the negligence charged, error in excluding evidence tending to show the carelessness and incompetency of the motorman is harmless where the weight of the evidence shows he was not negligent and such excluded evidence could not have affected the verdict.\nAppeal from, the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. William E. Hadley, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1913.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed October 9, 1913.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by George C. Bandy against the Litchfield & Madison Railway Company, a corporation, to recover damages for injuries sustained from being thrown from a motor car. From a judgment for plaintiff for one thousand five hundred dollars, defendant appeals.\nWarnock, Williamson & Burroughs, for appellant.\nC. H. Burton, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XIV, same topic and section number."
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