Anderson v. Karstens
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Johnston, Jr., Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1919.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Matchett
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellee, who is plaintiff below, sued defendant, appellant, in an action on the case for personal injuries and recovered a judgment for $7,500 upon the verdict of a jury, from which this appeal is taken. As plaintiff was a minor the suit was brought by his father as next friend.
The declaration consisted of two counts, the first of which charged that defendant maintained an attractive nuisance by means of which plaintiff, a child of tender years, was injured. The second count alleged defendant used a certain vacant lot…
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