Schaffner v. C. F. Massey Co.

Defendant in error, Albert Schaffner, administrator of the estate of Frank Kosatka, deceased, brought suit in the circuit court of Cook county against plaintiff in error, the C: F. Massey Company, to recover damages for negligently causing the death of Kosatka while in its employ.

The declaration consisted of three counts. Each count charged that plaintiff in error furnished the deceased with a certain paint with which to paint the inside of certain battery wells, which it knew, or in the exercise of ordinary care should have known, contained substances that gave off poisonous gases dangerous…