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  "name": "David C. Wheeler, Appellee, v. Southern Railway Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Wheeler v. Southern Railway Co.",
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  "first_page": "564",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
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    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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      "David C. Wheeler, Appellee, v. Southern Railway Company, Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Boggs\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Kramer, Kramer & Campbell, R. H. Wieohert and J. W. Freels, for appellant; Edward P. Humphrey, of counsel.",
      "No appearance for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "David C. Wheeler, Appellee, v. Southern Railway Company, Appellant.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. H. L. Browning, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1917.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed October 24, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by David C. Wheeler, plaintiff, against The Southern Railway Company, defendant, to recover an alleged indebtedness growing out of the employment of plaintiff by defendant as a lamplighter. From a judgment for plaintiff for $75 by the City Court of East St. Louis, on change of venue from the Circuit Court, to which the case was appealed from a judgment by a justice of the peace before whom the action was originally brought, defendant appeals.\nKramer, Kramer & Campbell, R. H. Wieohert and J. W. Freels, for appellant; Edward P. Humphrey, of counsel.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Appeal and error, \u00a7 1787* \u2014 when judgment reversed pro forma. Where no brief is filed by appellee, a judgment will be reversed pro forma under Appellate Court Rule 27.\n\u20222. Master and servant, \u00a7 84* \u2014 when verdict for plaintiff in action for services is against weight of evidence. In an action by an employee to recover an alleged indebtedness growing out of the employment of plaintiff by defendant as lamplighter, the verdict and judgment for plaintiff held to be against the manifest weight of the evidence.\nNo appearance for appellee."
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