Hayward v. Merrill
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District; the Hon. Chauncey L. Higbee, presiding Justice, and Hon. Oliver L. Davis and Hon. Lyman Lacey, Justices. On an appeal from the Circuit Court of Christian county; the Hon. W. It. Welch, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This action was brought by John A. Merrill against John A. Hayward, to recover for personal injuries. Plaintiff was a guest at a hotel kept by defendant. Adjoining the room assigned to plaintiff, and tin the same side of the hall, was a door nearly or exactly like the room door, and only two and one-half feet distant, that opened to an “ elevator ” opening from the second floor to the cellar of the hotel building. Gas was burning in the hall on the same floor where the room plaintiff was to occupy was situated, but not very brightly. The rooms on either side of the hall were numbered with…
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