Beard v. Maxwell

Citations

• 113 Ill. 440
• 1 N.E. 824
• 1885 Ill. LEXIS 714

Syllabus

<p>1. Appeal—reviewing facts—and for what purpose. In an action to recover damages arising from negligence, this court is precluded from investigating controverted questions of fact from the evidence. It can look into the evidence only for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon the propriety of the instructions given, refused or modified.</p> <p>2. Error will not always reverse—refusing instructions. Where this court is able to see that substantial justice has been done, and that an error in the giving or refusing of an instruction could not have changed the result, such error will not require a reversal, especially when it is apparent that the same result would follow on a new trial.</p>