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  "name": "Mary Smeckpeper, Appellant, v. Chicago Railways Company and Ervin C. Hagerman, Appellees",
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      "Mary Smeckpeper, Appellant, v. Chicago Railways Company and Ervin C. Hagerman, Appellees."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Charles C. Spencer and A. M. Griffin, for appellant.",
      "Frank L. Kriete, for appellee Chicago Railways Company; W. W. Gurley, J. R. Guilliams and Philip Rosenthal, of counsel.",
      "H. L. Howard, for appellee Hagerman."
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    "head_matter": "Mary Smeckpeper, Appellant, v. Chicago Railways Company and Ervin C. Hagerman, Appellees.\nGen. No. 22,759.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.\nAffirmed as to Chicago Railways Company and reversed and remanded for a new trial as to Hagerman.\nOpinion filed March 26, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Mary Smeckpeper, plaintiff, against Chicago Railways Company, a corporation, and Ervin C. Hagerman, defendants, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by being struck by an automobile owned by defendant Hagerman driven by his servant. From a judgment for defendants on an instructed verdict, plaintiff appeals.\nCharles C. Spencer and A. M. Griffin, for appellant.\nAbstract of the Decision.\nI. Automobiles and gabages, \u00a7 3 \u2014when verdict properly directed for defendant in action for personal injuries. In an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by being struck by an automobile alleged to be owned by the defendant, where the defendant pleaded specially that it did not own such automobile, held that the plaintiff\u2019s failure to prove such ownership warranted a directed verdict for the defendant.\n2. Trial, \u00a7 195*\u2014when direction of verdict is improper. On motion for a directed verdict against the plaintiff, the court looks to the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff\u2019s claim, and if there is any evidence tending to support plaintiff\u2019s claim the case is one for the jury and not for the court.\nFrank L. Kriete, for appellee Chicago Railways Company; W. W. Gurley, J. R. Guilliams and Philip Rosenthal, of counsel.\nH. L. Howard, for appellee Hagerman.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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