Warput v. Reading Coal Co.

Joseph Warput, a minor, by his next friend, brought suit in the superior court of Cook county against the Beading Coal Company, a corporation, and Anton Vichunas, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him. There was a verdict and judgment upon the verdict in the sum of $18,000 against both defendants. This appeal was perfected by the defendant Beading Coal Company, the other defendant not appealing.

The accident happened at about nine o’clock in the evening of June 17, 1926, on One Hundred and Third Street, in the city of Chicago. The plaintiff was sitting at the rear end of an…