Lamar v. Collins

In the superior court of Cook county, Ida Lamar, plaintiff, sued William M. Collins and Northwestern Lumber Company, a corporation, defendants, in an action in case. There was a trial before the court with a jury and a verdict was returned finding the defendant Collins guilty and assessing the plaintiff’s damages at the sum of $35,000. The defendant Northwestern Lumber Company was found not guilty. From a judgment entered on the verdict against him the defendant Collins appealed.

The plaintiff was a maid at the summer home of the defendant Collins, at Lake Forest, Illinois. She was injured on…