Fisher v. Jansen
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John P. Altgeld, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
Appellee received severe and permanent injuries through the negligence of the servant of the appellants in charge of an elevator used by them for the convenience of the Beaurivage flats, of which they were in possession.
The question of appellants’ liability is settled by the judgments below, and the only question presented for our determination, upon this appeal, is, whether the second instruction given at the instance of appellee is correct. That instruction is as follows:
“In determining the amount of damages which the plaintiff is entitled to recover in this case, (if the jury find, from…
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