Chicago Edison Co. v. Moren
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. George A. Trude, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
This is an appeal from a judgment for $5,000 recovered by appellee in a suit against appellant and the Merchants’ Transfer Company. The facts, in so far as they are necessary to the decision of the appeal, are substantially as follows:
The Chicago Edison Company employed the Merchants’ Transfer Company to take down and remove from the plant of the former its boiler and engines. The boiler weighed between 26,070 and 28,000 pounds, was from 18 to 20 feet in length, and rested on a brick foundation about 3£ feet high. By the terms of the contract between the companies, the Merchants’ Transfer…
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- Sack v. DoleseIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
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- Hass v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. R.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1901