Smith v. General Paving Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal was brought by the plaintiff, Edward Smith, from a final order of the Circuit Court of Kankakee County allowing the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict as to each count of the plaintiff’s four count complaint at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence. The defendant, General Paving Company, was in the process of constructing a highway adjacent to a building owned by the plaintiff and in which the plaintiff operated a tavern and a garage business and resided in an upstairs apartment with his wife and family.

The…