Springer v. Schultz

This action was begun by Fred Schultz, who is appellee here, against Warren Springer, appellant, in the superior court of Cook county, to recover for an injury received by the fall of a passenger elevator in a six-story building owned by appellant, in the city of Chicago. The declaration consists of a single count, the material allegation charging, in substance, that the defendant negligently and knowingly suffered the machinery connected with the elevator to be and remain in bad repair, and by his servant so negligently operated the same that it fell, by means of which the plaintiff was…