Case ID: ill-app_189/html/0384-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Herbert Miller by Fred Miller, Defendant in Error, v. Mrs. Frank G. Spreyne et al., Plaintiffs in Error.
    Glen. No. 20,108.
    (Not to be reported in full.)
    Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John R. Caverly, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1914.
    Affirmed.
    Opinion filed November 9, 1914.
    
      Abstract of the Decision.
    1. Landlord and tenant, § 226
      
      —when owner of building liable for injury to child of tenant resulting from falling of stone step. In an action against the owners of a building to recover for injuries sustained by a child of a tenant by the falling of a stone step in a passageway used in common with other tenants of the building, held that a verdict for plaintiff should not be disturbed, it appearing that the defendants had once or twice attempted to secure the stone in place but that no mortar or cement was used.
    2. Negligence, § 250
      
      —when error in admission of evidence not prejudicial. In an action for personal injuries, error in the admission of portions of the testimony of plaintiff’s attending physician held not reversible error, where the jury were instructed to disregard it and the amount of the verdict did not indicate the jury were improperly influenced thereby.
    3. Damages, § 122
      
      —when amount of recovery for injury to leg not excessive. A verdict of six hundred dollars for personal injuries sustained by a minor held not excessive, it appearing that the accident caused a hole in his leg rendering it necessary to remove part of the bone, and that he was confined to his bed for a month and could not use his leg for seven or eight weeks.
    Statement of the Case.
    Action by Herbert Miller, a minor, by Fred Miller, his next friend, against Mrs. Frank G% Spreyne and Frank Gr. Spreyne to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff by the falling of a stone step in a passageway in defendants ’ building. Plaintiff’s parents were tenants in the building and they and other tenants used the passageway in common. Plaintiff recovered a verdict for six hundred dollars and judgment was entered thereon. To reverse the judgment, defendants prosecute a writ of error.
    Kruse, Peden & Merrick, for plaintiffs in error.
    Jonas & Hess, for defendant in error.
    
      
      See Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.
    
   Mr. Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.