Fuchs v. Consolidated Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. George A. Crow, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
By this appeal appellant seeks to reverse the judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair county, in favor of appellee for damages on account of injuries received by him, while working for appellant in its coal -mine in Madison county, Illinois, on July 20, 1907. On the trial the following facts were shown: The shaft to appellant’s mine in question was some 18 feet square and was sunk to a depth of 185 feet. There were up-right timbers extending from the bottom of the mine to the surface in each comer of the shaft opening, and…
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- Spring Valley Coal Co. v. GreigIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Dunham v. Black Diamond Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909