B. Shoninger Co. v. Mann

This was an action on the case commenced in the superior court of Cook county by Edward Mann, by his next friend, against the appellant, to recover damages by reason of an injury to his person sustained by him in consequence of his falling down an unguarded elevator shaft in a building in the city of Chicago which was under the control of the appellant. ■ The declaration contained two counts. The general issue was pleaded, and upon a trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $10,000, upon which verdict the court, after overruling a motion for a new trial,…