Peebles v. O'Gara Coal Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Saline county; the Hon. A. W. Lewis, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case brought by defendant in error in the circuit court of Saline county to recover damages for injuries sustained by him while at work as a miner in plaintiff in error’s mine, August 13, 1906. The declaration originally consisted of four counts.
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Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Saline county; the Hon. A. W. Lewis, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case brought by defendant in error in the circuit court of Saline county to recover damages for injuries sustained by him while at work as a miner in plaintiff in error’s mine, August 13, 1906. The declaration originally consisted of four counts. The third count having been withdrawn by defendant in error, the case was tried on the first, second and fourth counts, and plaintiff in error was found…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The proof shows that the defendant in error was a coal miner, forty-nine years of age, and was employed at the time of the accident, and for several months theretofore, in plaintiff in error’s mine; that the coal was mined by being cut loose with a machine and then shot down, usually with three shots, the one in the center being called the “breakdown shot;” that the evening before the injury defendant in error, with the assistance of his son, who was working with him, fired three shots but could not see the condition of the roof on account of the smoke; that on going to work the next morning…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Peterson v. PuseyIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
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