Blumberg v. Baird

Full title: Florence M. Blumberg, Appellee, v. William M. Baird, Appellant

Court: Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Jun 16, 1943

319 Ill. App. 642 (Ill. App. Ct. 1943)

49 N.E.2d 745

Opinion

Gen. No. 42,485. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed June 16, 1943

LANDLORD AND TENANT, § 122^_ — liability of landlord for injuries to tenant slipping on icy steps. In action by tenant against landlord for injuries sustained in fall on icy steps, judgment for tenant would be reversed where evidence disclosed that tenant was aware of slippery condition of steps before walking upon them, and that slippery condition was result of continuous snowfall which rendered it practically impossible for landlord to maintain steps clear of ice and snow.

_ See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. FRANK H. HAYES, Judge, presiding.

Judgment reversed. Heard in the second division, first district, this court at the December term, 1942.

Burt A. Crowe, for appellant;

Sidney J. Arthur Wolf, for appellee;

Sidney J. Wolf, of counsel.

Opinion by PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN.

"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed June 16, 1943.