Forshey v. Johnston

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Lloyd F. Forshey, plaintiff husband, a tenant farmer, recovered a jury’s verdict against his landlord for $4,500.00 as damages when the plastering in the sitting room of the tenant farmhouse fell on him and injured him. His wife likewise sued for loss of consortium and the jury returned a verdict of $0.00. The trial court set aside the verdict and entered a judgment in favor of the defendants and against each of the plaintiffs notwithstanding the jury verdict. The court’s action was predicated upon the proposition that a promise on…