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  "id": 5413591,
  "name": "David Joseph, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Joseph v. Chicago City Railway Co.",
  "decision_date": "1916-11-27",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 22,464",
  "first_page": "159",
  "last_page": "160",
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      "cite": "202 Ill. App. 159"
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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": [
      "David Joseph, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Holdom\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Negligence, \u00a7 196 \u2014when manner of occurrence of accident question for jury. Where the evidence is in inextricable conflict as to the manner of the occurrence of an accident, and the credibility of the witnesses is a strong factor in the solution of the questions in dispute, it becomes in the first instance the province of the jury' to reconcile the evidence, if possible, and to determine the facts therefrom.\n2. Appeal and ebbo|\u00a1, \u00a7 1778*\u2014when incumbent on Appellate Court to reverse jury\u2019s findings of fact. Where it is patent' that the verdict of a jury is manifestly contrary to the preponderating force of the evidence, it is incumbent on the Appellate Court to reverse with findings of fact.\n3. Carriers, \u00a7 476*\u2014when evidence does not justify verdict for passenger thrown from street car. In an action for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the plaintiff\u2019s being thrown from the steps of a street car as a result of its being started with a violent jerk while he was in the act of alighting, evidence as to the manner of the occurrence of the accident, held not to justify a verdict for the plaintiff.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Holdom"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Benjamin F. Richolson and Charles Le Rot Brown, for appellant; John R. Gtjilliams, of counsel.",
      "Albert Schaffner, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "David Joseph, Appellee, v. Chicago City Railway Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 22,464.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walkeb, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1916.\nReversed with finding of fact.\nOpinion filed November 27, 1916.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by David Joseph, plaintiff, against the Chicago City Railway Company, defendant, for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from the defendant\u2019s starting its car suddenly while the plaintiff was in the act of alighting therefrom. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.\nBenjamin F. Richolson and Charles Le Rot Brown, for appellant; John R. Gtjilliams, of counsel.\nAlbert Schaffner, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vole. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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  "file_name": "0159-01",
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