Braun v. Craven
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. James Gog gin, Judge, presiding. The appellant sued appellee in an action on the case and filed her declaration, which contained four counts.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. James Gog gin, Judge, presiding. The appellant sued appellee in an action on the case and filed her declaration, which contained four counts. The first count alleges that the plaintiff was living at the home of Julia Soper, in Evanston; that the defendant then and there entered the said house, and it then and there became and was the duty of the said defendant to conduct and demean himself in an orderly and peaceable manner, and to announce or give notice…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The declaration in this case charges appellee with negligence in approaching the room where appellant was, and in so speaking and acting in her presence as to cause her injury. This constitutes the entire allegation on which a recovery is sought under the various counts of this declaration.
In addition to the evidence above recited it is disclosed that appellee claimed there was rent due him, and he entered the house for the purpose of collecting the same before the tenant’s goods should be removed therefrom. Under this state of facts it is necessary to determine whether the language of the…
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