{ "id": 5791755, "name": "John McQuaid, a Minor, by Johanna McQuaid, His Next Friend, v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.", "name_abbreviation": "McQuaid v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.", "decision_date": "1898-11-18", "docket_number": "", "first_page": "673", "last_page": "675", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "78 Ill. App. 673" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.", "id": 8837, "name": "Illinois Appellate Court" }, "jurisdiction": { "id": 29, "name_long": "Illinois", "name": "Ill." }, "cites_to": [ { "cite": "158 Ill. 375", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 6046338 ], "pin_cites": [ { "page": "385" } ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/158/0375-01" ] }, { "cite": "125 Ill. 58", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 2937384 ], "pin_cites": [ { "page": "63" } ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/125/0058-01" ] }, { "cite": "61 Ill. App. 522", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill. App.", "case_ids": [ 5161609 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill-app/61/0522-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 252, "char_count": 3596, "ocr_confidence": 0.568, "pagerank": { "raw": 8.138363859351185e-08, "percentile": 0.472235446931462 }, "sha256": "a206d7138420ffdabfbc3acd48ecee8e28ffa56fd2ff59881861ef4bd63e9345", "simhash": "1:551cedb01899e4a0", "word_count": 612 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T15:24:05.225079+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "John McQuaid, a Minor, by Johanna McQuaid, His Next Friend, v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "Mr. Justice Horton\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nUpon the trial of this cause the jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant in error. A motion for a new trial was overruled and judgment entered on verdict. This writ of error is prosecuted by the plaintiff below to reverse that judgment.\nIn his original brief attorney for plaintiff in error presents two points only: (1) the court erred in its rulings as to the admissibility of testimony, arid (2) in giving to the jury certain instructions asked by the defendant.\nAs to the first point, we do not think there was any material error in sustaining defendant\u2019s objections to plaintiff\u2019s questions, which is the only ruling complained of.\nAs to the second point, we are of opinion that some of the instructions complained of are erroneous; But, in the view we take of the testimony, the case should not be reversed because of the errors in the instructions.\nIt is not necessary to review the testimony at length or in detail.\nOn behalf of plaintiff there was the testimony of himself and two other witnesses. As frankly stated by the attorney for plaintiff in error in his reply brief, \u201cThe defendant introduced ten alleged eye-witnesses, who, in a measure, at least, contradict the plaintiff\u2019s claim that he was driven from the train, * * * and three witnesses who claimed that the plaintiff made admissions contradictory of his testimony.\u201d This statement omits reference to the testimony of the brakeman who, it is charged, drove the plaintiff from the train, and also omits the testimony of sever\u00e1l other witnesses which the attorney for plaintiff claims \u201c w;as of little importance.\u201d The testim'ony of the brakeman is omitted, probably because of the fact that since the accident to plaintiff in error he has been injured and his memory has been thereby impaired.\nWe have carefully examined the testimony, and are of opinion that upon it, no verdict or judgment against defendant could be sustained. To our minds the testimony conclusively establishes the fact that the injury to this unfortunate young man was the result of his own voluntary act.\nThat being so, .the^ fact that some of the instructions were erroneous is not ground for a reversal of the judgment. \u201c Where it appears that the plaintiff has no right of action and could not have recovered in the trial, under any proper set of instructions as to the law, the judgment will not be reversed on account of erroneous instructions.\u201d\nA \u201c judgment should not be reversed merely to have errors in instructions corrected, without any benefit to the plaintiff.\u201d Johnson v. Ill. C. R. R. Co., 61 Ill. App. 522; Heckle v. Grewe, 125 Ill. 58, 63; Gerke v. Fancher, 158 Ill. 375, 385.\nPerceiving no error in this record, the judgment of the Superior Court is affirmed.", "type": "majority", "author": "Mr. Justice Horton" } ], "attorneys": [ "James C. McShane, attorney for plaintiff in error.", "\u2022 Robert Mather, W. T. Rankin and W. W. Ross, attorneys for defendants in error." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "John McQuaid, a Minor, by Johanna McQuaid, His Next Friend, v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.\n1. Judgments\u2014When Not to Be Reversed for Errors in Instructions. \u2014Where it appears that the plaintiff has no right of action and could not have recovered under any proper set of instructions as to the law, the judgment will not be reversed on account of erroneous instructions.\nTrespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain. Judge, presiding. Verdict for defendant by direction of the court. Appeal by plaintiff.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court, at the March term, 1898.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed November 18, 1898.\nJames C. McShane, attorney for plaintiff in error.\n\u2022 Robert Mather, W. T. Rankin and W. W. Ross, attorneys for defendants in error." }, "file_name": "0673-01", "first_page_order": 683, "last_page_order": 685 }