Schwandt v. Metzger Linseed Oil Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
He. Justice Wiedes
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff in error, a minor, aged about nine years, who, on ¡November 2,1895, was injured by a fall from a stairway caused by a defective railing thereon, brought suit by his next friend against the defendant in error to recover for his injuries, a trial of which before the court and a jury resulted in a verdict, directed by the court at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, finding the defendant not guilty, and a judgment thereon, to reverse which this writ of error is prosecuted.
In substance, the evidence shows that Herman Schwandt, the…
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