BUSH v. BABB

Gen. No. 47,726.

23 Ill. App.2d 285 (1959)

162 N.E.2d 594

Carl Bush, et al., etc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John E. Babb, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

Released for publication December 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore, Ming, and Leighton, of Chicago, for appellants.

Herbert C. De Young, Dent, Hampton, and Doten, all of Chicago, for defendants-appellees.


JUSTICE KILEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit by a former inmate of the County Jail and his father, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful neglect by the Sheriff and Warden of the Cook County Jail as a result of which the inmate contracted tuberculosis and became a financial burden to his father. The trial court, on defendants' motions, dismissed the suit and plaintiffs have appealed.

[1] The motion to dismiss admitted...

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