Weiss v. City of Chicago

PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a personal injury suit against the City of Chicago, by a minor, who suffered severe burns from contact with an unattended rubbish fire in a public alley. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, the court directed a verdict and entered judgment for the City. Plaintiff appeals.

The principal question is the propriety of the motion of the City for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s evidence. It presented the single question, whether there was in the record any evidence which, standing alone and taken with all its…