Lyons v. Michigan Boulevard Building Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Soanlan
Nan Young Lyons sued Michigan Boulevard Building Company, Inc., to • recover damages for injuries sustained while she was a passenger in an elevator in the Michigan Boulevard building, Chicago.
At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the court sustained a motion of- defendant for a directed verdict and plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered upon the directed verdict of not guilty.
The motion of defendant was in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence, and the. rule is “ ‘. . . that the evidence so demurred to, in its aspect most favorable to the plaintiff, together with all reasonable…
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