Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Gilleran
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1905. Statement hy the Court. October 15, 1901, appellee, then eighteen years of age, entered the employ of appellant as a workman in its supply house in the city of Chicago. This building is four stories in height.
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Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1905. Statement hy the Court. October 15, 1901, appellee, then eighteen years of age, entered the employ of appellant as a workman in its supply house in the city of Chicago. This building is four stories in height. Stock was moved from one floor to another by means of a freight elevator, which had been so used for about eight years prior to the date of the accident. The elevator consisted of a platform with side beams. A…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ball
delivered the .opinion of the court.
There is no claim made by appellee that the elevator was not built in the usual way freight elevators are constructed? or that it was out of order, or that it was not operated in á skilful manner, or that the edge of the second floor protruded into the elevator shaft. Appellant had nothing to do with the loading of the elevator. Appellee and his fellow-workman. Frieberg placed the bales of excelsior in the car. They intended to leave, and apparently did leave, a space at the front of the platform sufficiently wide for one in' the use of reasonable care to…
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