Reed v. Kabureck

Mr. Presiding Justice Boggs

delivered the opinion of the court.

About four o’clock in the afternoon of the 16th day of January, 1920, in the City of Alton, defendant in error, hereinafter called plaintiff, who was then about six years of age, was shot and as a result thereof his left eye was permanently destroyed, the sight of the right eye has been greatly impaired, and he was otherwise injured as a result thereof. At the time of the shooting plaintiff was in the rear yard of his parents’ home. No one saw the shooting. Plaintiff’s mother, while engaged in some household duties in the basement…