Franklin Printing & Publishing Co. v. Behrens
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action for Personal Injuries.—Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Charles E. Fuller, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
Appellee was plaintiff, and appellant defendant, in the trial- court. The declaration contains two counts, in the first of which the averments are, in substance, as follows:
Defendant was the owner of the building numbered 341-351 Dearborn street, in the city of Chicago, and rented the several floors thereof to sundry persons for their business purposes. Defendant maintained in the building an elevator and operated the same by its servants between the several floors of the building, for the conveyance of such persons from any one of said floors to another. Plaintiff, February 25, 1895, while…
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