Legal Opinion
Fortney v. Hotel Rancroft, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 7, 1955No. Gen. 46,502PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Feinberg
Plaintiff sues to recover for injuries, resulting from an assault upon him while he was a guest of the defendant hotel. There was a jury trial, and at the close of the plaintiff’s case, no defense being offered, defendants’ motion to direct a verdict was sustained. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and judgment was entered upon the verdict. To reverse this judgment, plaintiff appeals.
The evidence discloses that defendants owned and operated the Hotel Bancroft in Chicago, to which the general public was invited as guests. Plaintiff admittedly was a guest of the hotel and had occupied…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Schneiderman v. Interstate Transit Lines, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1947
- Pollard v. Broadway Central Hotel Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1933
- Baier v. SelkeIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- McCleod v. Nel-Co Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1953
- Schneiderman v. Interstate Transit Lines, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1948
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Sarah B. Kline v. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue Apartment CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Trask-Morton v. Motel 6 Operating L.P.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Philip Aaron Banks, Cross-Appellants v. Hyatt Corporation, Cross-Appellee, Refco Poydras Hotel Joint VentureCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Dula McCarty v. Pheasant Run, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Susan Wassell v. Wilbur L. Adams and Florena M. Adams, Doing Business as Ron-Ric MotelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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