Oglesby v. Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
March 17, 1916, Frank Oglesby, then 10 years and 2 months of age, was killed while playing in a vacant coal elevator building belonging to defendant. The administrator of the estate brought suit upon the theory that defendant negligently maintained an attractive nuisance which caused the death of the boy. Upon trial the court directed a verdict for the defendant, judgment was entered upon the verdict and plaintiff appeals.
The premises on which the elevator stood were near the Belt Line Railway and Harrison street in Chicago. The elevated railway of defendant crossed the property. The premises…
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