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67 Ill. App. 97

Ziech v. Hehard

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 19, 1896

Appellate Court of Illinois · decided 1896-11-19

<p>1. Negligence—What Must be Proven.—An action for negligence is based upon a neglect of duty, and both the duty and the neglect must be proven by the plaintiff.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently April 1904

1 state decisions

Relies on Sack v. Dolese · Williams v. Chicago & Alton Railroad · Aurora Branch Railroad v. Grimes

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Affirmed · Decided 1896-11-19

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Mr. Justice Waterman

¶1delivered the opinion ok the Court.

¶2The record fails to show what negligence, if any, the defendant was guilty of, which resulted in the accident.

¶3The table fell, but that the fall was the result of negligence on the part of the defendant, does not appear.

¶4The action of negligence is based upon a neglect of duty, and both the duty and the neglect must be proven by the plaintiff. R. R. Co. v. Evans, 88 Ill. 63; R. R. Co. v. Mock, 88 Ill. 87; R. R. Co. v..Wellhoener, 72 Ill. 60; Conlon v. Bailey, 58 Ill. App. 261; De La Vergne Refrigerator Co. v. McLeroth, 60 Ill. App. 529; R. R. Co. v. Grimes, 13 Ill. 585; Williams v. R. R. Co., 135 Ill. 491; Joliet Steel Co. v. Shields, 146 Ill. 603; Sack v. Dolese, 137 Ill. 129.

¶5The plaintiff having failed to show that the deceased was injured in consequence of the neglect of the defendant, the jury was properly instructed to find for the defendant.

¶6The judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed.

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