Title
• Messa (P) v. Sullivan & Keyman’s club (D, A)

Citation: what court or reporters
• Court: Appellate Ct of IL, First District, First Division
• Cited as: 61 Ill.App. 2s 386, 209 N.E. 2d 872

Author: judge
• Judge Burman

Facts:
• P suffered injury at the Keyman’s Club bldg, Chicago: 1st and 2nd fl has many stores (bowling alley, barber shop, acocktail lounge, banquet and meeting rooms), 3rd fl for a labor union office, and 4th fl empty. 5th fl is residence for Sullivans and no other use on the 5th fl. The D’s apt has safe, furniture, personal property, 3-year old German Shepherd for safe-keeping of the club’s property in the apt.
• There are signs on the exterior and on a bldg directory in the lobby.
• No notices that the 5th fl is used as a residence and not for commercial or business purposes.
• Automatic elevator for all the floors accessible as one entered the bldg from Madison Street and walking through bldg lobby passing bldg office(left side).
• June 12, 1961, P (deaf mute) entered bldg about 2 pm for the purpose of selling printed cards depicting the deaf and dumb alphabet. Her first time at the bldg. P passed the bldg’s office where a woman was sitting, took the elevator to the 5th fl. The door of the elevator opened automatically at 5th fl but she had open (swung outward) a second door (said heavy). P turned left toward the apt door. At that point, D’s dog ran out of the door and jumped on the P. P testified, "... the dog bit me on the leg, and he bit me on the body, and he bit me on the arm, and I tried to cover my face. And the dog was big, and the dog was bigger than I was, and he was on top of me, and three times he bit me."
• The plaintiff stated that she finally managed to get back to the elevator and to ride down to the lobby where she told the woman at the switchboard what had happened.
• P’s exhibit #1: a