Johnson v. Choate

Frederick A. Johnson, plaintiff in error, sued Adeline Choate, defendant in error, in the superior court of Cook county, in an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by falling through a trap-door in a dark room of the building of the defendant. The declaration contained two counts, the first of which averred that the defendant owned and operated the building used for divers purposes, containing a certain lodge hall and cloak room, and had arranged with Rose Wixted, doing business as the Wixted Plumbing Company, for the repair and alteration of the…