GASQUOINE v. BORNSTEIN

Gen. No. 46,775.

10 Ill. App.2d 423 (1956)

135 N.E.2d 121

Frank Gasquoine, a Minor, by Rose Gasquoine, His Mother and Next Friend, Appellant, v. Max H. Bornstein, and Esther Bornstein, Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

Released for publication June 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis G. Davidson, and Louis P. Miller, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann & Hoban, of Chicago, for appellees; Oswell G. Treadway, of Chicago, of counsel.


JUDGE ROBSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an order of the trial court dismissing an amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action. The decision was reached solely on the pleadings. The issue before the court was whether a landlord can be held liable to the infant child of a tenant for injuries sustained when the child falls through a defective window screen.

The facts as alleged by the pleadings are...

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