Devaney v. Otis Elevator Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of. Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
This is an action for personal injury, originally brought by Michael Devaney against the Otis Elevator Company. By an amendment the Standard Company and E. T. Harris were joined as defendants. In consideration of $375 the plaintiff gave the Otis Elevator Company a covenant not to further prosecute suit against that company. The suit thereafter proceeded against the Standard Company and E. T. Harris. The original declaration, consisting of one count, alleged that E. T. Harris was the owner in fee simple of a certain factory building located at or near the north-west corner of Fifteenth and…
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