Case Name: Clara Davenport, Appellee, v. Calumet & South Chicago Railway Company, Appellant
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1916-01-03
Citations: 197 Ill. App. 372
Docket Number: Gen. No. 21,348
Parties: Clara Davenport, Appellee, v. Calumet & South Chicago Railway Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 197
Pages: 372–373

Head Matter:
Clara Davenport, Appellee, v. Calumet & South Chicago Railway Company, Appellant.
Gen. No. 21,348.
(Not to he reported in full.)
Abstract of the Decision.
1. Street railroads, § 131 —when negligence must Be proved By preponderance of evidence. The plaintiff, in an action on the case against a street railway company for damages for personal injuries alleged to be due to negligence in starting a car which had stopped, must sustain his case by a preponderance of the evidence.
2. Street railroads, § 131 —when negligence in starting car not proved By preponderance of evidence. The plaintiff, in an action against a street railway company for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as the result of negligence in start ing the car after it had stopped and while plaintiff was trying to get off, fails to sustain his case by a preponderance of evidence where the testimony of plaintiff and another that the car stopped and started with a jerk while plaintiff was attempting to get off was directly contradicted by six witnesses for defendant who testified that plaintiff alighted while the car was in motion.
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding.
Heard in this court at the March term, 1915.
Reversed with finding of fact.
Opinion filed January 3, 1916.
Rehearing denied January 17, 1916.
Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
Statement of the Case.
Action on the case by Clara Davenport, plaintiff, against the Calumet & South Chicago Railway Company, a corporation, defendant, for damagés for personal injuries sustained while attempting to alight from a moving street car. From a verdict for plaintiff for $10,000, defendant appeals.
John E. Kehoe and Charles LeRoy Brown, for appellant; John R. Guilliams, of counsel.
Peden, Kahn & Murphy, for appellee; R. C. Merrick, of counsel.
See Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.
See Illinois Notes Digest, ,Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Holdom
delivered the opinion of the court.
3. Appeal and error, § 49 —when Appellate Court may make findings of fact. When the Appellate Court, upon review, determines that the evidence fails to sustain the verdict, it may reverse the judgment with a finding of fact.