Steffen v. Illinois Steel Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Edward O. Brown, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Baker
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the trial of an action brought by the plaintiff in error against defendant in error for wrongfully causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate, the court, at the close of the evidence for the plaintiff, directed a verdict for the defendant and entered judgment thereon, to reverse which judgment this writ of error is prosecuted.
Plaintiff’s intestate had been for three weeks before his death employed as an oiler in a rolling mill of the defendant. It was his duty to oil the machinery, and also, two or three times a week, to put tar…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Republic Iron & Steel Co. v. LeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Burke v. HulettIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Atchison, T. & S. F. R. R. v. AlsdurfAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
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