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  "name": "John F. Devine, Administrator, Defendant in Error, v. Mando Rammesathi, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Devine v. Rammesathi",
  "decision_date": "1918-05-14",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,357",
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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    "parties": [
      "John F. Devine, Administrator, Defendant in Error, v. Mando Rammesathi, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Matchett\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Matchett"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Ernest Saunders, for plaintiff in error.",
      "Frederic C. Ellis and Frank C. Kuhn, for defendant in error; Charles C. Spencer, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "John F. Devine, Administrator, Defendant in Error, v. Mando Rammesathi, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 23,357.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nError to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Benjamin W. Pope, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1917.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed May 14, 1918.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Roads and bridges, \u00a7 239 \u2014 when negligence in leaving team, unfastened, and unattended shown. In an action for the death of a boy who was killed while playing upon the sidewalk by defendant\u2019s team, which had run away after being left unguarded and unfasened in a public street in violation of ordinance, evidence held to show defendant\u2019s negligence and that death resulted from the injuries sustained in consequence thereof.\n2. Death, \u00a7 67* \u2014 when verdict not excessive. A verdict for $3,000 held not excessive for the death of a boy 5 years of age.\n3. Trial, \u00a7 54* \u2014 when denial of motion to withdrew) juror is proper. Denial of defendant\u2019s motion to withdraw a juror where defendant claimed surprise on account of the death of a stenographer who had taken the testimony of one of plaintiff\u2019s witnesses at the coroner\u2019s inquest, defendant desiring to impeach such witness by the stenographer\u2019s notes, was proper where the testimony of such witness at the inquest might have been obtained from the official record of the coroner.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by John F. Devine, as administrator of the estate of Rudolph Kranrp, deceased, plaintiff, against Mando Rammesathi, defendant, to recover for the wrongful death of plaintiff\u2019s intestate. From a judgment for plaintiff for $3,000, defendant brings error.\nErnest Saunders, for plaintiff in error.\nFrederic C. Ellis and Frank C. Kuhn, for defendant in error; Charles C. Spencer, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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