Schwanz v. Sangamo Electric Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Fulton

delivered the opinion of the court.

On June 10,1937, a jury in the circuit court of Sangamon county returned a verdict in this case finding the defendant, appellant here, guilty, and assessing the plaintiff’s damages at the sum of $3,500. Judgment was entered by the court for $2,250, deducting from the verdict of the jury the sum of $1,250, paid by M. G. Clark for a covenant not to sue him. This appeal is prosecuted to reverse said judgment.

The complaint contained but one count which alleged in substance that the appellee’s intestate, a boy of seven years, on the…