Steiskal v. Marshall Field & Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This was an action on the case commenced in the circuit court of Cook county by the appellee, against the appellant, to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been sustained by the appellee by the fall of an elevator in the appellant’s store building, upon which the appellee was riding. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the appellee for the sum of $10,000, upon which the trial court rendered judgment, which judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District, and a further appeal has been prosecuted to this court.
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