Legal Opinion

Baker v. Fritts

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided September 12, 1908PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Trespass on the case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Massac county; the Hon. W. W. Duncan, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Myers

This was an action of trespass on the case for a personal injury. The original declaration filed was substantially as follows: That the defendant on the first of March, 1907, was the owner of a certain lot or parcel.of ground and was also then and there in the possession and control of a certain building theretofore erected on said lot, which said lot and building thereon abutted a public street known as Ferry street in the city of Metropolis; that connected with said building and as a part thereof, a wooden shed or awning projected from the front of the building into Ferry street, a distance…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Sargent Co. v. BaublisIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. KeckIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Barnes v. BrookmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Chicago & Alton Railway Co. v. BellIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Grace & Hyde Co. v. SanbornIllinois Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Reardon v. ShimelmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
  2. Niabet v. LoftonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
  3. Carpentieri v. KaneConnecticut Superior Court · 1938
  4. Carpentieri v. KanePennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · 1938

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