Welch v. New Harper Hotel Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. Robert W. Olmstead, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Niehaus
In this case the appellee, Bridget Welch, sued the appellants, the New Harper Hotel Company and Memie DeSilva, the owner of the hotel building, in the Circuit Court of Rock Island county, to recover damages for injuries suffered by her as the result of a fire which took place in the hotel on December 10, 1910.
The fire originated in the attic of the hotel about noon on the day mentioned. In this attic an electrical appliance and equipment had been installed and was in use for the purpose of running a passenger elevator. It had been placed on a platform built of wood and supported by wooden…
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