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Citizens Gas Light & Heating Co. v. O'Brien

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 3, 1884PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. O. T. Reeves, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.

This was a suit by appellee against appellant to recover damages resulting to her from the death of her husband, which she alleges was caused by the negligence of appellant, under the following circumstances. Appellant is the owner of a building intended to be used for the manufacture of illuminating gas by means of a certain apparatus manufactured by A. O. Granger & Co. This firm had about completed their contract for putting in the works, and had made one test of them on the day preceding that on which the accident happened which resulted in the death of appellee’s husband, but had not yet…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. Des Moines Valley R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1872
  2. Hopkins v. Indianapolis & St. Louis RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. National Gas Light & Fuel Co. v. MiethkeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890

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