Elvis v. Lumaghi Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. R. D. W. Holdeb, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee, George Elvis, a minor, by his next friend, brought suit against appellant in the Circuit Court of St. Clair county, to recover damages for injuries sustained by him on February 22, 1907, while employed as a mule driver in appellant’s coal mine, by reason of the explosion of a certain air receiver or tank at the bottom of the shaft in said mine.
The declaration filed by appellee contained a number of counts, all of which were withdrawn from the jury at the close of appellee’s evidence by the court, except two. One of the…
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