Lyons v. Joseph T. Ryerson & Son

This is an action on the case brought in the superior court of Cook county by appellee, against appellant, for personal injuries. The declaration consisted of one count, and alleged that on July 2, 1905, appellee was -in the employ of appellant as a common laborer, and while in the exercise of due care for his own safety was engaged in repairing a certain railroad track in appellant’s machine shop, near a car upon which the appellant was loading a large amount of iron, about five thousand pounds, by means of a traveling crane; that appellant so carelessly and negligently loaded said iron on…