Romani v. Shoal Creek Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1913.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Brown
delivered the opinion of the court.
Raphael Romani, the husband of the appellee in this case, the plaintiff below, met his death through an explosion in the mine of the appellant, the defendant below, on November 11, 1910. The plaintiff, as “his widow, dependent on him for support and damaged by his death,” brought suit against the defendant Company and on March 22,1913, on the verdict of a jury recovered judgment for fifty-five hundred dollars. The appellant asks this court to reverse this judgment on grounds hereinafter set forth.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brunnworth v. Kerens-Donnewald Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1913
- Spencer v. Ætna Indemnity Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1907
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