Legal Opinion

Thomas v. Douglas

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 25, 1954No. Gen. 46,106PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lews

Defendant appeals from a judgment in the sum of $3,375 entered upon the verdict of a jury in an action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from the plaintiff falling into a window well on defendant’s premises while walking upon a private passageway located on land adjoining defendant’s premises and adjacent to the window well. Defendant’s motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and in the alternative for a new trial were overruled. Afterward defendant’s alternative motion for a new trial was withdrawn.

The accident happened about nine o’clock p. m. December 21, 1947 on…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Merlo v. Public Service Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Blumb v. GetzIllinois Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Dively v. Penn-Pittsburgh Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Hart v. SullivanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1944
  5. George v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1952

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. McDonald v. Frontier Lanes, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1971
  2. Decker v. Polk BrothersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  3. Hectus v. Chicago Transit AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 1954
  4. Kokoszynski v. Chicago South Shore & South Bend RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993

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