Legal Opinion
Moore v. Edmonds
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 24, 1943No. 27116. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilson
Prior to and on December 29, 1938, William L. Edmonds, Lawrence J. Kollath, and Dudley L. Dewey, partners, doing business under the firm name and style of Touhy Playfield Winter Sports Company, operated a public toboggan slide at 3131 Touhy avenue, Chicago. The slide consisted of a tower from which runways ran to the ground. Approximately 720 feet from the top of the tower a ditch six to eight feet wide and from twelve to fifteen inches deep traversed the runways at right angles. On the evening of December 29, Moore, accompanied by his young daughter and two of her friends, used his own…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Lerette v. Director General of RailroadsIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
- O'Hare v. Chicago, Madison & Northern RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. LewisIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Smithers v. HenriquezIllinois Supreme Court · 1938
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. UhterIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
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3Cited by22 opinions
- People v. BowelIllinois Supreme Court · 1986
- Kingston v. TurnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1987
- Haymes v. Catholic Bishop of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
- Wheeler v. RudekIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
- Erickson v. Wagon Wheel Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1968
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