Metzler v. Layton

Mr. Justioe Denis E. Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendants bring this appeal from a judgment for $18,000 entered in favor of plaintiff and against defendants in the circuit court upon the verdict of a jury-in a suit in trespass on the case. The suit was one for damages because of personal injuries alleged to have been received by plaintiff. There was a special finding of wilful and wanton conduct against the defendant Lewis Layton.

It is charged in the amended complaint that on February 2, 1935, the La Salle Finance Corporation had offices at 160 North La Salle Street, Chicago,…