Legal Opinion

Belleville Pump & Skein Works v. Bender

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 3, 1897PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Sample

delivered the opinion oe the Court.

The appellee recovered a judgment for damages, caused, as alleged, by the negligence of appellant in furnishing appellee, who was at the time an apprentice moulder, an unsafe and dangerous chiller in which to pour molten metal; and in failing to instruct and inform appellee, who was of the age of sixteen years, and alleged to be inexperienced, of the danger attending such work. The errors discussed relate to the refusal to admit certain evidence, the giving and refusing to give instructions, and to the verdict and judgment, which…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. VanPattenIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. MaffitIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Volk v. RocheIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Holloway v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Shaw v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Thayer v. Denver & Rio Grande R. R.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Wabash Railroad v. FarrellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
  3. Gibbons v. Southern Illinois Railway & Power Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1916
  4. Osner v. ZadekAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905
  5. People v. FlanniganAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917

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