Merchant v. Mickelson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901. Statement.—This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of appellee and against appellant, in an action for injuries caused, as is alleged, by appellant’s negligence.
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Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901. Statement.—This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of appellee and against appellant, in an action for injuries caused, as is alleged, by appellant’s negligence. The defendant, at the close of all the evidence, requested the court to instruct the jury to find the defendant not guilty, which instruction the court refused to give. The question to be decided is whether the evidence warrants a recovery.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
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The doctrine that the master must furnish to his servants a safe place in which to work, is not applicable when the servant is employed to take down a building, which work is necessarily dangerous, especially in such case as the present, where the building has been partially destroyed by ■fire, and therefore what remains of it, weakened. Clark et al. v. Liston, 54 Ill. App. 578; Mueller v. Schwecht, 62 Ib. 622; Richardson v. Anglo-Am. Provision Co., 72 Ib. 77; Chicago Edison Co. v. Davis, 93 Ib. 284; Armour v. Hahn, 111 U. S. 313.
In Clark v. Liston, supra, the court say:
“ It is manifest…
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