Hartford Deposit Co. v. Sollitt
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the 'First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
Appellee leased offices on the tenth floor of a building owned by appellant at the corner of Dearborn and Madison streets, in the city of Chicago. On May 19, 1893, appellee took an elevator at the tenth floor for the purpose of descending to the first floor. On leaving the eighth floor with about twelve passengers the car could not be controlled by the machinery, and it dropped rapidly from about the sixth floor to within four feet of the ground floor, when the further descent was arrested by the safety devices which clamped the guides on either side of the shaft. Appellee was injured by this…
2Cited by48 opinions
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