Gillespie v. Sanitary District

This is an action in which plaintiff, Margaret Gillespie, administratrix of the estate of Richard John Stokes, deceased, brought suit against the defendant, The Sanitary District of Chicago, and seeks to recover judgment against defendant for the death of Richard John Stokes, resulting from injuries sustained on defendant’s premises. On April 28,1936, sometime after 5:00 p.m., plaintiff’s intestate, a boy almost 13 years of age, accompanied by Ms brother, William Stokes, almost 16 years old, and one Stanton Q-endon, a classmate who was past the age of 12 years, all of whom resided in…