Greenlee Bros. & Co. v. Rockford Chair & Furniture Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant is the owner of several warehouse buildings in the City of Rockford, Illinois. What the parties call the “North” building is a heated warehouse and is not involved in this litigation. The “South” building, which is the building involved herein, was not heated and defendant rented storage space, at this location, to a number of persons. No partitions separated any of the storage areas in this building and all of the tenants had access to the entire building. The defendant employed two men to operate the boilers in the…