Scheffler v. Ringhofer

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BRYANT

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order granting summary judgment and dismissing the appellant’s complaint for failure to state a cause of action.

This action has been brought by Annemarie Scheffler as administratrix of the estate of her deceased son, Ralph. The complaint alleged that on July 26, 1957 Ralph, then being three and one-half years old, fell through the screen in a window of a third floor apartment in a building owned by the appellees. It was also alleged that the screens were negligently allowed to fall into disrepair by the…