City of Peoria v. Adams
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria County; the Hon. Thomas M. Shaw, Judge, presiding^ Heard in this court at the May term, 1897. Reversed. Opinions filed December 17, 1897.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Crabtree
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This was an action on the case in which appellee sued appellant to recover damages for injuries sustained by him in consequence of the collapse of a building in which he was working on July 3,1890.
There was a trial by jury resulting in a. verdict in favor of appellee for §7,500, upon which he had judgment, the court having overruled a motion for new trial.
The suit was originally commenced against the executors of the last will and testament of Henry Mansfield, deceased (the former owner of the building), and also the devisees…
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