Burgess v. Standard Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action at law by Anna Burgess against the Standard Oil Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PAGE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal injuries, and prosecutes this writ of error because the trial court instructed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant.
Packages for the County Building, in Chicago, are taken in on an elevator, which, when not in use, is in the basement under metal doors, that are in and form a part of the sidewalk on Randolph street. It is claimed that defendant’s teamster, arriving at the County Building with a can of oil, went into the basement to find some one to receive it. The chief engineer of the County Building sent him to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
3Cited by1 opinion
- Yazoo M.V.R. Co. v. DentonMississippi Supreme Court · 1931