Consolidated Coal Co. v. Gruber
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. Martin W. Schaefer, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton
This was an action in case, in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, by appellee against appellant, to recover for a personal injury. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $6,000.
At and prior to the time of the injury complained of, appellant was operating a coal mine in St. Clair county. Appellee was a young man, about nineteen years old, and had worked in the mine for some time. At the time of his injury he was engaged as a “ shoveler,” and his duties were to shovel away the fine coal and dirt made by a mining machine in undercutting the coal. He had been serving in…
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