Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Maroney
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First Dis- - trict;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment in the sum of $2500, entered in the Superior Court of Cook "county in an action on the case brought by the appellee against the appellant company.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First Dis- - trict;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment in the sum of $2500, entered in the Superior Court of Cook "county in an action on the case brought by the appellee against the appellant company. The declaration charged the appellee was engaged by the appellant company to work at his occupation as a brick mason in the construction of a round-house in the city of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
The errors assigned in this court are, that the trial court erred, first, in denying the motion of the appellant company, entered at the close of all the testimony, to peremptorily direct a verdict in its favor; and second, the court erred in its rulings in giving instructions for the appellee and in refusing certain instructions asked by the appellant company.
Counsel for appellant insists the appellee, in order to recover, was required to establish three propositions, i. e., (a) that the scaffold was defective; (6) the appellant company had notice thereof or was chargeable with notice; and…
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