Hallis v. Stover Co.

The defendant appeals to this court from a judgment entered in the superior court of Cook county in a personal injury action in which a judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $10,000, and which was reduced by plaintiff’s remittitur to $6,500. The case was tried twice, and on the previous trial the jury returned a verdict of $10,000, and upon motion for a new trial by the defendant, the trial court set aside the verdict and granted a new trial.

The amended declaration upon which the issues were joined alleges in the first count that the plaintiff, a minor, was about 19…