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  "id": 868986,
  "name": "West Chicago Street Railroad Company v. William Wilson",
  "name_abbreviation": "West Chicago Street Railroad v. Wilson",
  "decision_date": "1896-01-22",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "129",
  "last_page": "130",
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      "cite": "62 Ill. App. 129"
    }
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  "court": {
    "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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    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "West Chicago Street Railroad Company v. William Wilson."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Waterman\ndelivered the opinion of the Court.\nWe have examined the record of this case, and can not affirm the judgment rendered. We do not think that the extraordinary story of the appellee is sustained by a preponderance of the evidence; on the contrary, we think the clear weight of all the evidence is so manifestly against the claim he makes that this cause must be remanded for another trial.\nAs another trial is to be had we do not care to comment further upon the evidence.\nThe judgment of the Superior Court is reversed and the cause remanded.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Waterman"
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Egbert Jamieson and John A. Rose, attorneys for appellant.",
      "John F. Waters, attorney for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "West Chicago Street Railroad Company v. William Wilson.\n1. Verdicts\u2014 When Manifestly Against the Weight of the Evidence. \u2014A judgment founded upon a verdict which is manifestly against the weight of the testimony will be reversed.\nTrespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed January 22, 1896.\nStatement of the Case.\nThis is an action by William Wilson to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the West Chicago Street Railroad Company.\nThe declaration charges that the plaintiff \u201c offered himself as a passenger and got on one of the defendant\u2019s cars, and was accepted by defendant as a passenger for the purpose of being carried from a point on defendant\u2019s railroad near the intersection of \u00a1Halsted street with Maxwell street, to the intersection of Halsted street with Adams street, and while plaintiff was lawfully and rightfully on defendant\u2019s said car, and was behaving himself in a proper and decorous manner, the conductor, defendant\u2019s servant in charge of said car, carelessly, negligently, willfully and wantonly, and without any just cause or provocation, assaulted and beat the plaintiff, and carelessly and negligently and maliciously and wantonly wrongfully ejected plaintiff from said car, at or near the corner of Halsted street and O\u2019Brien street, before the end of plaintiff\u2019s said journey.\u201d\nThe jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at $4,500, $1,500 of which were stated to be exemplary damages. Plaintiff subsequently remitted $2,000 from the total verdict, and judgment was entered on the verdict for $2,500. From this judgment the defendant appeals.\nEgbert Jamieson and John A. Rose, attorneys for appellant.\nJohn F. Waters, attorney for appellee."
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