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Brownstein v. Electric Household Utilities Corp.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Dec 20, 1945
326 Ill. App. 466 (Ill. App. Ct. 1945)

Opinion

Gen. No. 42,995. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed December 20, 1945 Released for publication January 8, 1946

NEGLIGENCE, § 24when evidence failed to show actionable negligence as to trespasser. In action for personal injuries to minor resulting from defendants' alleged negligent maintenance of electric washing machine, where defendant contended plaintiff was licensee or trespasser on part of premises where accident occurred and only duty owed was not to wilfully or wantonly injure him, and it appeared from evidence that laundry room was not intended or used as play room, held that defendants provided all protection reasonably necessary, consistent with reasonable use and operation of building, to guard plaintiff against injury.

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

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. GUY L. SMITH, Judge, presiding.

Judgment affirmed. Heard in the third division, first district, this court at the February term, 1944.

Krohn MacDonald and Harry H. Kleper, for appellant;

Stuart B. Krohn and Ian P. MacDonald, of counsel;

Richard E. Keogh, for certain appellees;

Andrew J. Farrell, for certain other appellee.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed December 20, 1945; released for publication January 8, 1946.


Summaries of

Brownstein v. Electric Household Utilities Corp.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Dec 20, 1945
326 Ill. App. 466 (Ill. App. Ct. 1945)
Case details for

Brownstein v. Electric Household Utilities Corp.

Case Details

Full title:Leon Brownstein, Minor, by Anna Brownstein, His Mother and Next Friend…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Dec 20, 1945

Citations

326 Ill. App. 466 (Ill. App. Ct. 1945)
64 N.E.2d 242

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