L. Wolff Manufacturing Co. v. Wilson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. An iron post, painted and used as a barber’s sign, which was about eighteen inches in diameter at the lower end and tapering towards the tóp, stood about twelve feet high, within five inches of the outer edge of the sidewalk, on a street of the -city of. Chicago.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. An iron post, painted and used as a barber’s sign, which was about eighteen inches in diameter at the lower end and tapering towards the tóp, stood about twelve feet high, within five inches of the outer edge of the sidewalk, on a street of the -city of. Chicago. The post was estimated to be of a weight between five hundred and eight hundred pounds. For eighteen months the post had thus stood. From the bottom three prongs…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
Questions of fact arising on this record are determined by the adjudication of the Appellate Court, consonant with the finding of the trial court. We find no error in the admission or exclusion of evidence.
The question arising on the refusal of instructions asked by appellant depends upon and must be determined as to whether there is evidence tending to show appellant’s servant guilty of negligence. The evidence shows that for about eighteen months preceding the injury to appellee this barber’s sign had stood as it was immediately preceding the time it was knocked over and injured appellee.…
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