Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co. v. Peton
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries, under the miners act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. Martin W. Schaefer, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Presiding Justice Creighton
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action in case, by appellee against appellant, in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, to recover for a personal injury sustained by appellee while engaged as a miner in the service of appellant in its coal mine. Trial was by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $1,000.
Certain counts of the declaration charge that appellee w’as injured by reason of the willful failure of appellant to furnish a sufficient supply of props and caps as required by statute, and others charge that he was injured by reason…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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