People's Gas Light & Coke Co. v. Porter
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
Appellee claims to have been injured by the inhalation of illuminating gas, which escaped by reason of the breaking of a pipe or fitting in the night time in the building occupied by him, which breaking he ascribes to the negligence of appellant. He recovered judgment against appellant for the sum of $5,000, from which judgment this appeal is.
Appellee was engaged in the drug business, and occupied certain premises in a building situated at the northeast corr ner of Woodlawn avenue and Fifty-fifth street, in the city11 of Chicago. The former is a north and south and the latter an east and west…
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