Shaughnessy v. Holt
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; „ the Hon. A. H. Frost, Judge, presiding. Appellee recovered a judgment of $7500 in the superior court of Cook county for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her while a passenger in appellant’s elevator, October 9, 1902. This judgment, on appeal, was affirmed by the Appellate Court, and the case is now appealed to this court.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; „ the Hon. A. H. Frost, Judge, presiding. Appellee recovered a judgment of $7500 in the superior court of Cook county for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her while a passenger in appellant’s elevator, October 9, 1902. This judgment, on appeal, was affirmed by the Appellate Court, and the case is now appealed to this court. Appellee was employed as a stenographer on- the twelfth floor of the Manhattan building, in Chicago, owned by appellant.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Appellant contends that there was no valid declaration upon which a recovery could be had. Each of the first three counts of the original declaration, after stating the negligence, concluded, “by means whereof the plaintiff was then and thereby injured, as hereinafter set forth.” The original fourth count, to which the quotation from the first three counts above given referred, was stricken out by order of court March, 1905, and the motion of appellee for leave to file an amended fourth count denied. It is insisted that the three remaining counts contained no allegation that appellee suffered…
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