Appellate Court of Illinois, 1916

Riggin v. Keck

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided November 13, 1916 · Boggs

203 Ill. App. 87

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Boggs

delivered the opinion of the court.

7. Appeal and ebbob, § 1546*—when giving of instruction assuming facts is harmless error. An instruction which assumes a fact is erroneous, hut where such instruction does not direct a verdict, and the error is not serious when the instruction is considered with other instructions, and the facts assumed arise only incidentally, the giving of such instruction is not reversible error.

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