Eaton v. Marion County Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Thomas M. Jett, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shirley
Appellee recovered a judgment for eleven hundred dollars damages alleged to have resulted to him through the wilful failure of appellant to comply with the provisions of the statute in relation to Mines and Miners.
There were several counts in the declaration averring divers breaches of duty required by the statute, and among these it was alleged that appellee was employed in the coal mine of appellant as an assistant driver in an entry called the main west; that in the entry there was an incline of such nature that it was necessary to sprag: the wheels of coal cars in order to control the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Joliet v. ShufeldtIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Mertens v. Southern Coal & Mining Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Cook v. Big Muddy-Carterville Mining Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1911
- Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad v. SkolaIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. SchmidtIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Cooney v. HughesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1941
- Watson v. KammeierAppellate Court of Illinois · 1916