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Piepho v. Merchants Loan & Trust Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 14, 1912No. Gen. No. 16,179PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. F. L. Fake, Jr., Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gridley

This is a writ of error to the Municipal Court of Chicago to review a judgment of that court for $750 against plaintiffs in error (hereinafter referred to as defendants), for personal injuries sustained by defendant in error (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff), in falling through a hole in the fifth floor of a building to the floor below.

Defendants, as trustees of the estate of Marshall Field, deceased, were remodeling a six-story building on the northeast corner of Franklin and Monroe streets, in the City of Chicago. The work was being done by various contractors, — their respective…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Calvert v. Springfield Electric Light & Power Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Foster v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Hale v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Linquist v. HodgesIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Consolidated Fireworks Co. of America v. KoehlIllinois Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Zebell v. SaufnauerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1962

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