Appellate Court of Illinois September 7, 1966, Gen. 65-59 (Starkey v. Brown Oil Co.)

STOUDER, J.

This is an appeal from an order of court granting judgment for Defendant notwithstanding the verdict for Plaintiff. The facts, which follow, are not in dispute.

Plaintiff, Appellant herein, while painting a pole at a service station on May 10, 1963, was injured when the pole broke, causing the ladder on which Plaintiff was standing, to fall.