Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Pettigrew
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Trial in the Circuit Court of McLean County; the Hon. John H. Moffet, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the November term, 1898. Rehearing denied.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wright
Appellee sued appellant in an action on the case for negligence, and recovered a verdict and judgment for $1,500, from which the latter has appealed to this court.
The declaration in substance charges that on August 7, 1897, the appellee, being young and inexperienced in the use of machinery, and having been employed in the shops of appellant as helper, was directed to cut bolts from the boiler of a locomotive with a machine called compressed air nippers, the same being operated by force of compressed air; that appellant, knowing his inexperience, gave no instructions concerning the operation,…
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