Porter v. Miller

JUDGE BOETH

delivered the opinion of the court.

Suit was brought by plaintiff George P. Porter, as guardian of Patrick A. Porter, a minor, against Nina Miller and Emma Alms for injuries sustained by the minor, who was burned in a fire started by Miller on land allegedly owned by Alms. Subsequently the suit was dismissed as to Miller with prejudice on motion of the plaintiff. The complaint as against Alms alleged that she was the owner of a certain vacant lot of land within the city limits of Champaign, Illinois, and adjacent to a home wherein Miller resided. That on April 18, 1957, Miller…