Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1916 — LANDY MAGEE LOSES SUIT [ARTICLE]

LANDY MAGEE LOSES SUIT

In Appellate Court For $15,000 Damages Against the John Makeever Estate. The case of Landy Magee vs. J. W. Stockton et al, for $15,000 damages for alleged injuries received some two or three years ago when the appellant fell from a fire escape at the Makeever House was affirmed by the appellate court this week, all the judges concurring in the decision. jThe appellant had been employed to test the fire escapes at the hotel property owned by appellees, the escapes consisting of knotted ropes attached to short chains which latter were attached to wajls in the rooms. Magee entered into a written contract to test the escapes for so much money, and in making the test one of the escapes broke with him and he fell several feet to the sidewalk. As a result he was laid up for some time and, while under no legal liability to do so, the appellees presented him with SSO. Later appellant brought suit in the Jasper circuit court for $15,000 damages but the case was decided against him and he appealed to the appellate court with the above result.