Legal Opinion

Coal Run Coal Co. v. Jones

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 13, 1886PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. George W. Stipp, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

This is an appeal from a judgment of affirmance by the Appellate Court for the Second District, of a judgment for recovery of damages, in an action brought by Mary Jones, as administratrix of the estate of Thomas D. Jones, (whose widow she claims to be,) in the circuit court of La Salle county, to recover for loss in the means of support of herself and children, occasioned by the death of said Thomas D. Jones, which, she averred, was caused by the negligence of appellant, the Coal Run Coal Company.

The decedent’s death occurred undér the following circumstances : Appellant owned a tract of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Conant v. GriffinIllinois Supreme Court · 1868

3Cited by22 opinions

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  3. Mary Davis, Cross-Appellant v. Joseph A. Califano, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
  4. Potter v. ClappIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Maier v. BrockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909

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