Jones v. 20 North Wacker Drive Building Corp.

Mr. Presiding Justice Niemeyer

delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal by defendants from. a judgment in a personal injury case presents a single question. Was the plaintiff at the time and place of her injury an invitee or merely a licensee or permittee on the premises of defendants?

Defendants, standing by their motion to direct a verdict at the close of plaintiff’s case, offered no evidence. There is no conflict in the testimony presented by plaintiff. After the United States Treasury Department had contacted defendants a Mrs. Meigs of the Chicago Drama League obtained permission from…