Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Co. v. Dower
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of Illinois; J. Otis Humphrey, Judge. _ 1 _ Action by Elmer Dower, an infant, by Mary Smith as mother and next friend, against the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and ■ defendant brings error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of Illinois; J. Otis Humphrey, Judge. _ 1 _ Action by Elmer Dower, an infant, by Mary Smith as mother and next friend, against the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and ■ defendant brings error. Review is sought of a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the District Court, rendered June 13, 1912, for §55,500, for a personal injury sustained by him September 12, 1911, at the factory of defendant at Jerseyville, Ill. At the time of his injury plaintiff was 18 years of…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). In respect to the statutory count the trial court decided that it was its duty to follow the Factory Act of Illinois, as construed by its Supreme Court in the Streeter Case.
In the state of Illinois there are four acts passed for the protection of employes and commonly referred to as “Mines and Mining Act” (Hurd’s Rev. St. 1911, c. 93), “Child Labor Law” (chapter 48, § 20), *272"Railroad Safety Appliance Act” (chapter 114, §§ 223-232), and the “Factory Act” (chapter 48, §§ 89-120); The Supreme Court of Illinois in its construction of each of said acts has held…
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