Taylor v. Bailey

This was an action, on the case, brought by appellee, in the Superior Court of Cook county, against Edmund D. Taylor, to recover damages sustained upon a certain quantity of teas caused by leakage of water in a certain building occupied by appellee under a lease from Taylor, as a wholesale tea store.

A trial was had before a jury which resulted in a judgment in favor of appellee for $1,471.75. The court overruled a motion for a new trial and rendered judgment upon the verdict, to reverse which the defendant, Taylor, has prosecuted this appeal.

It appears from the record that appellant formerly…