Rising v. Ferris
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gridley
This writ of error is sued out to reverse a judgment of $4,000, rendered after verdict by the Circuit Court of Cook county against John H. Ferris and Clark Amusement Company, a corporation, defendants, in an action on the case for personal injuries. Harold W. Bicker and Joseph Grein were made codefendants originally, but during the course of the trial plaintiff dismissed the suit as to them. In this court an order of severance has been entered and John H. Ferris given leave to prosecute the writ of error alone.
At the time of the accident the Clark Amusement Company held a lease of the…
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