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Leitner v. Decatur Cartage Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District
Feb 7, 1941
308 Ill. App. 439 (Ill. App. Ct. 1941)

Opinion

Gen. No. 9,610. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed February 7, 1941

HARMLESS AND PREJUDICIAL ERRORS, § 234inflammatory argument of counsel. Judgment for plaintiff in action for wrongful death as result of automobile collision was reversed, where attorney for plaintiff made several highly improper, prejudicial and inflammatory remarks in argument to the jury, and although objections were sustained by the court to a number of such statements, the attorney persisted in proceeding in the same manner.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from Circuit Court of Peoria county; Hon. JOSEPH E. DAILY, presiding.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded. Heard in this court at October term, 1940.

Clarence W. Heyl, for appellants;

W.J. Reardon and Knoblock Sloan, for appellee;

John F. Sloan, Jr., of counsel.


"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed February 7, 1941.


Summaries of

Leitner v. Decatur Cartage Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District
Feb 7, 1941
308 Ill. App. 439 (Ill. App. Ct. 1941)
Case details for

Leitner v. Decatur Cartage Co.

Case Details

Full title:Ignatius Leitner, Administrator of Estate of Raphael Leitner, Deceased…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District

Date published: Feb 7, 1941

Citations

308 Ill. App. 439 (Ill. App. Ct. 1941)
31 N.E.2d 812