Legal Opinion

Sunasack v. Morey

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1902PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand

This is an action brought by the plaintiff in the circuit court of Cook county to recover from the defendants damages in consequence of the presence of sewer gas in the portion of a building leased by him from them and occupied by himself and family as a barber shop and residence, by means whereof he and his family were made sick and he was forced to pay out large sums of money, etc.

The declaration, as amended, contained a number of counts, which alleged, in substance, that the defendants were the owners of a three-story brick building in the city of Chicago; that it was their duty to keep…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cowen v. SunderlandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
  2. Coke v. GutkeseCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1883
  3. Anderson v. HayesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Kern v. MyllMichigan Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Cromwell v. AllenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909
  2. Durkin v. LewitzAppellate Court of Illinois · 1955
  3. Morgan v. SheppardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
  4. Perkins v. MarshWashington Supreme Court · 1934
  5. State Ex Rel. Bohon v. FeldsteinCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994

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