Eckhart & Swan Milling Co. v. Schaefer
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case.—Death from alleged negligence. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Adams
delivered the opinion of the' court.
A ppellant is the owner of a grain elevator in the city of Chicago. The first or ground floor is about twelve feet in height. The second floor contains a number of wheat bins. The wheat is taken from these bins through open-inn’s in the bottom of the bins. There is a slide door in o the bottom of each bin which, when pulled out, allows the grain to pass through, when it is transmitted by means of a spout or trough to a conveyor, by means of which last it is conveyed to railroad cars. The openings in the bottom of the bins are about a foot…
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