Soibel v. Oconto Co.

Plaintiff, an employee of the tenant, Custer, brought suit against defendants, the landlords, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him as a result of the floor breaking under him causing him to fall into the basement. There was a jury trial and a verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $1,000 and defendants appeal.

The record discloses that defendants owned a two-story and basement brick building located on the northeast corner of Peoria and Lake streets in Chicago; there were four stores in the building. July, 1935, R. J. Custer entered into an oral lease with…