Foster v. St. Luke's Hospital
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. George W. Brown, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is an action on the case brought by George S. Foster, executor of the last will and testament of Candis Foster, deceased, against the St. Luke’s- Hospital, to recover damag'es. for the death of said Candis Foster, which was caused by her falling from the fifth story window of said hospital on December 6, 1895. The suit was commenced February 27, 1896, and on the following 10th day of April a declaration was filed, in which the plaintiff failed to allege his relationship to Candis Foster, or that she left her surviving a husband or next of kin, or that any one had sustained any pecuniary…
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