Appellate Court of Illinois, 1915

Gillette v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

Gillette v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided March 9, 1915 · Niehafs
193 Ill. App. 304; 1915 Ill. App. LEXIS 640

Gillette v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court

Me. Justice Niehafs

delivered the opinion of the court.

7. Instructions, § 159*—lohen instructions considered as a whole. In determining the sufficiency of a portion of an instruction, the charge must be taken’ and considered together as a whole. 8. Railroads, § 352*—instruction requiring finding to he based on allegation of declaration instead of proof. An instruction in an action against a railway company for damages caused a crop by the backing up of water as the result of the defendant placing piles closely together in a stream, held not to permit the jury to find the negligence of the defendant from the allegations of the declaration, but to require it to be found from the proofs.

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