Gille v. Winnebago County Housing Authority

This is an action for personal injuries suffered by the 9%-year-old plaintiff on July 14, 1953, on the premises of a housing project owned and operated by the defendant, Winnebago County Housing Authority, and formerly known as the Camp Grant Barracks. On the date of the accident the plaintiff finished supper about six o’clock and went to the home of a young friend, Douglas Almquist, who lived in the project. Master Almquist’s mother gave him paper and trash to burn. Together, the two boys went to a fifty or fifty-five gallon oil drum which had the top cut out and holes cut in the bottom and…