Dutkowiak v. Rodatz

This is an appeal, in an action for personal injuries, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cook county, against Jacob Eodatz, appellant, in favor of John Dntkowiak, appellee, for $2,000. The jury by verdict assessed the damages at $4,000, appellee remitted $2,-000, and the judgment followed.

Appellant contracted to make excavations in the ground for Pettibone-Mulliken Company on the premises of that company in 'Chicago. The proposed pit was to be excavated immediately south of the south wall of the power house of said company, and was to be about eleven feet square and about ten or eleven…