Wolczek v. Public Service Co.

Defendant in error, by his next friend, filed in the circuit court of Cook county his suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by reason of an electric shock and burns received by him while on one of the high voltage electric line towers of plaintiff in error. The injury occurred on May 1, 1925, at which time he was eleven years of age. The jury assessed his damages at $30,000. Judgment entered thereon was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District, and the cause is here on writ of certiorari.

The action is based on two counts of the declaration. These charge that at the…