Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Standard Fashion Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case.—Death from negligent act. Error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1902. This was an action on the case brought by the Chicago 'fitle and Trust Company, as administrator of the estate of Giovanni Pavese, against the Standard Fashion Company, a corporation. The defendant pleaded the general issue.
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Trespass on the Case.—Death from negligent act. Error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1902. This was an action on the case brought by the Chicago 'fitle and Trust Company, as administrator of the estate of Giovanni Pavese, against the Standard Fashion Company, a corporation. The defendant pleaded the general issue. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence the court directed a verdict of not guilty, and entered judgment in favor of the defendant from which this appeal is prosecuted. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
It.is contended by appellant’s attorneys that the evidence shows a state of facts which should have been submitted to a jury, viz., that the defendant’s janitor was in charge of the elevator; that he knew the elevator car was starting upward presumably through some human agency; that the deceased was rightfully on the third floor; that the said janitor had sufficient time to stop the elevator before the accident occurred; that the condition of the elevator after the accident showed it had in some manner caused the death of the deceased, and “ that it is impossible to determine definitely from…
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