Metzler v. Layton

Mitchell Metzler, a minor, by his next friend, brought suit against Lewis Layton and the LaSalle Finance Corporation charging that Layton, as the servant of the corporation, assaulted plaintiff by shooting him with a pistol, causing severe injury. Judgment was given in the circuit court of Cook county in favor of plaintiff for $18,000 which was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District. We granted leave to appeal.

Appellants contend that the facts fail to show any liability upon the part of the corporation, as a matter of law, and that the finding of the jury that the conduct of…