Gunning System v. LaPointe
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Adams
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee sued appellant in case for negligence per quod appellee was injured. The jury found for appellee and assessed his damages at the sum of $13,250, from which $3,250 was remitted, and judgment -was rendered for $10,000. The accident which occasioned appellee’s injuries occurred February 23, 1901, at about 4:30 o’clock in the afternoon. The appellant was engaged in the business of advertising in Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin-, by means of painting signs on bulletin boards. Mr. E. G-. Gunning, appellant’s manager,…
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