Siddall v. Jansen
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the ‘Appellate Court for the First District;—> heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John P. Altgeld, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action brought by Theodore'P. Siddall, Jr., by his next friend, against Egbert L. Jansen and others, members of the firm of Jansen, McClurg & Co.', wholesale and retail booksellers and stationers in Chicago, to recover damages for an injury received on the defendants’ elevator, the injury re-, suiting, as is alleged, from the negligence of the defendants. In the Superior Court the plaintiff recovered a verdict for $15,000, but on motion for a new trial $5000 was remitted, and, the motion being overruled, judgment was rendered on the verdict for $10,000. The defendants appealed to…
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