Appellate Court of Illinois, 1916

Bartholomae & Roesing Brewing & Halting Co. v. Chicago Railways Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided April 12, 1916 · Pam

198 Ill. App. 512; 1916 Ill. App. LEXIS 484

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Pam

delivered the opinion of the court.

4. Tobts, § 34*—when joint tort feasor found guilty estopped to claim that other defendant should have been found guiltj). In an action for negligence where there are two defendants, and the action is tried without a jury, a defendant found guilty is estopped to claim that the court may have erred in not also finding the other defendant guilty, the negligence of such other defendant not excusing negligence on the part of the defendant found guilty.

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