Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co. v. Olsen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1897. Reversed and remanded. Opinion filed August 5, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Windes
Appellee, an employe of appellant, a manufacturer of bicycles, recovered a judgment of $2,000 for personal injuries received by him while running a milling machine, in appellant’s factory, which had a defective wheel.
The declaration, which contained eight counts, alleges in the first count that appellee was employed to do general work about the factory of appellant, but not to operate machinery; that he was specially directed to operate the milling machine; that it was the appellant’s duty to furnish reasonably safe machinery, and to provide said machi/nery with reasonably safe wheels; that…
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