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  "id": 2845167,
  "name": "Julia Obermeyer, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Obermeyer v. Chicago City Railway Co.",
  "decision_date": "1914-02-17",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 18,842",
  "first_page": "198",
  "last_page": "199",
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      "cite": "185 Ill. App. 198"
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    "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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    "parties": [
      "Julia Obermeyer, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Smith\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n2. Appeal and erbob, \u00a7 1483 -\u2014where admission of impeaching evidence reversible error. Where the evidence was conflicting as to whether pains in plaintiff\u2019s lcnee were due to rheumatism as contended by defendant or to being thrown to the floor of the car in a collision as claimed by plaintiff, the admission in behalf of plaintiff of evidence of statements of her physician, called by her as a witness, for purposes of impeachment constituted reversible error.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice Smith"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Jambs Gf. Condon and Charles Le Rot Brown, for appellant; Leonard A. Busby, of counsel.",
      "John F. Waters, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Julia Obermeyer, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 18,842.\n(Not to be reported in fulls)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Witnesses, \u00a7 286 \u2014impeachment of party\u2019s own witness. A party calling a physician as a witness is not permitted to impeach him by evidence of statements made out of court.\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Foell, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1912.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed February 17, 1914.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Julia Obermeyer against Chicago City Railway Company to recover for personal injuries sustained in a collision while a passenger on one of defendant\u2019s cars. Defendant conceded its liability, the only dispute, at the trial, being as to the extent of the injury. From a judgment for seven thousand dollars in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.\nJambs Gf. Condon and Charles Le Rot Brown, for appellant; Leonard A. Busby, of counsel.\nJohn F. Waters, for appellee.\nrSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, same topic and section number.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Yols. XI to XV, same topic and section number."
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  "file_name": "0198-01",
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