Thamm v. Lahey
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. James Goggin, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gaby
The declaration of the appellee on which he has recovered judgment against the appellants is that “ the defendants had in their possession and control and were engaged in the erection and construction of a certain building fronting on the sidewalk of said 12th street and with an open space or area between the front of said building and said sidewalk opening into the cellar or basement of said building, which area was of the width of, to wit, three feet and of the depth, to wit, eight feet below the surface of said street or sidewalk, which said area or open space it was the duty of the…
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- Funk v. PiperAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893
- Pitrowsky v. J. W. Reedy Elevator Manufacturing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1894