Packard v. Kennedy

This is an appeal by defendants, Leslie Kennedy and Eva Kennedy, from a judgment of the circuit court of Lake county, entered on a jury verdict awarding damages to plaintiff, Evelyn Packard, for personal injuries sustained on defendants’ premises.

The issues presented herein- are essentially whether plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, and whether the jury’s finding on the special interrogatory was inconsistent with the general verdict and warranted its being set aside under the terms of the Civil Practice Act.

Prom the record it appears that plaintiff was…