Hagen v. Schleuter
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. R. D. W. Holder, Judge, presiding. Appellee is a brick-mason, and at the time of his injury, as hereinafter mentioned, together with his partner, Edward Dawes, was engaged in taking contracts for the construction of brick work.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. R. D. W. Holder, Judge, presiding. Appellee is a brick-mason, and at the time of his injury, as hereinafter mentioned, together with his partner, Edward Dawes, was engaged in taking contracts for the construction of brick work. In December, 1903, appellee and his partner were employed, under a written contract, by appellant, to lay the brick in the wall's of a building then being constructed by appellant. The foundation wall on which the brick walls were…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
Although all controverted questions of fact were settled by the judgment of the Appellate Court, a considerable portion of an elaborate brief and argument of appellant is devoted to a discussion of the facts. It was appellant’s contention on the trial that the injury to appellee resulted from the giving way of the brick wall he had built, and not from the giving way of the stone foundation wall, as alleged in the declaration. The jury found against appellant upon this question, and the judgment rendered by the court on that verdict having been affirmed by the Appellate Court, that question is…
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