Chicago Economic Fuel Gas Co. v. Myers
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Nathaniel C. Sears, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, brought by the appellee, John Myers, against the appellant company on April 21, 1893, to recover damages for a personal injury. The accident happened at the corner of Division street and LaSalle avenue on the north side in the city of Chicago.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Nathaniel C. Sears, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case, brought by the appellee, John Myers, against the appellant company on April 21, 1893, to recover damages for a personal injury. The accident happened at the corner of Division street and LaSalle avenue on the north side in the city of Chicago. A trench had been dug at the intersection of these streets to connect the eight-inch gas main laid in LaSalle avenue with the twenty-inch gas main in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The question in this case, as presented by the briefs of counsel, is not whether there was negligence which caused the injury, but whether such negligence was or was not the negligence of the appellant. It is claimed by the appellant, that a corporation called the Chicago Contract Construction Company, was laying the mains and pipes in question under a contract with the appellant, and was in the possession and control of such mains and pipes. The contention of the appellant is, that the foreman and the watchman and all the laborers at work at the place of the accident were in the employ of…
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