Legal Opinion
Eilenberger v. Nelson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 14, 1896PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
It is assigned for error, and the assignment is relied upon and especially urged in argument, that the declaration does not state a cause of action.
The action was in case, to recover for a personal injury suffered by the appellee through the negligence of the appellant while he, the appellee, was lawfully engaged in his business connected with the building of a certain house, the carpenter work of which was being constructed by the appellant.
As shown by the abstract, the material part of the declaration was as follows:
“Avers that on August 15, 1891, defendants were engaged in doing carpenter…
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