FORTNEY v. HOTEL RANCROFT, INC.

Gen. No. 46,502.

5 Ill. App.2d 327 (1955)

125 N.E.2d 544

Julian E. Fortney, Appellant, v. Hotel Rancroft, Inc., Harry Rubenstein and Harry Bernstein, Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

Additional Opinion, April 7, 1955.

Rehearing denied April 7, 1955.

Released for publication April 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Barbera, of Chicago, for appellant.

Wyatt Jacobs, and Robert O. Rooney, both of Chicago, for appellees; Joseph B. Lederleitner, of Chicago, of counsel.


MR. JUSTICE FEINBERG delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff sues to recover for injuries, resulting from an assault upon him while he was a guest of the defendant hotel. There was a jury trial, and at the close of the plaintiff's case, no defense being offered, defendants' motion to direct a verdict was sustained. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and judgment was entered upon the verdict. To reverse...

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