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  "id": 2920450,
  "name": "Mark L. Riley, Appellant, v. City of Chicago, Appellee",
  "name_abbreviation": "Riley v. City of Chicago",
  "decision_date": "1917-11-30",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,144",
  "first_page": "260",
  "last_page": "261",
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      "cite": "208 Ill. App. 260"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "batch": "2018"
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Mark L. Riley, Appellant, v. City of Chicago, Appellee."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice O\u2019Connor\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. New tut at., \u00a7 58 \u2014when granted because of inadequacy of verdict. Contrary to the common-law rule, under the modem rule a new trial may be awarded where the verdict is grossly inadequate for the same reasons as where the verdict is excessive.\n2. Negligence, \u00a7 250*\u2014when verdict is not against manifest weight of evidence. In an action to recover for personal injuries, evidence examined and held not to show that the verdict was manifestly against the weight thereof.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice O\u2019Connor"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Morse Ives, for appellant.",
      "Samuel A. Ettelson and Charles R. Francis, for appellee; Robert H. Farrell, of counsel."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Mark L. Riley, Appellant, v. City of Chicago, Appellee.\nGen. No. 23,144.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles H. Bowles, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1917.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed November 30, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Mark L. Riley, plaintiff, against the City of Chicago, defendant, to recover for personal injuries. From a verdict and judgment in his favor for $50, plaintiff appeals.\nMorse Ives, for appellant.\nSamuel A. Ettelson and Charles R. Francis, for appellee; Robert H. Farrell, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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