WEAKLY v. BAXTER

Gen. No. 10,616.

350 Ill. App. 8 (1952)

111 N.E.2d 561

Ethel M. Weakly, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James W. Baxter and Bernice Baxter, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 8, 1953.

Released for publication April 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HARLAND D. WARREN, of Ottawa, and R.A. POWERS, of Streator, for appellants.

THOMAS HART KENNEDY, of Minonk, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE WOLFE delivered the opinion of the court.

Ethel M. Weakly brought a suit for damages in the circuit court of La Salle county, Illinois, against James W. Baxter and his wife, Bernice Baxter, for injuries to her right eye, caused by a BB gun shot fired by their son, James Richard Baxter, a minor, of the age of four and one-half years. The complaint is in two counts. The first count is directed against both of the defendants, jointly and severally, and alleges...

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