Breazeale v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.

Plaintiff brought suit alleging that she had been injured through the negligence of the defendant in failing to maintain in good repair an apartment leased by her; upon trial, at the conclusion of plaintiff’s case, the court on motion of defendant instructed the jury to find defendant not guilty, and plaintiff appeals from the judgment on the verdict.

Defendant had possession as trustee of an apartment building at 721-729 Sheridan road, Chicago; in October, 1933, under an oral lease, plaintiff moved into one of these apartments; it was a furnished apartment and an employee of defendant once a…