Mercer v. Jackson
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Chicago. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, to recover for the death of his son, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant. The opinion contains a statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an action for an injury to Thomas Mercer, by reason of the alleged negligence of defendant’s servants, whereby he was greatly hurt and came to his death.
The title of the plaintiff to maintain such an action, is rested upon the ground of an injury to the relations of master and servant, and parent and child.
The first count of the declaration shows that defendant was building a house on a lot owned by him in the city of Chicago, and employed in the erection of the house certain servants to do the carpenter’s work, and a man by the name of Mortimer, as his servant to do the brick and…
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