Bohn v. Standard Laundry Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in ease for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
In the view we take of this case the judgment must be reversed for errors in procedure at the trial, and the cause must be remanded for a new trial. We therefore do not pass upon the merits of the controversy presented in the record.
The court permitted Ellen Terry, a witness called by the plaintiff, to testify that the mangle was equipped with a device which would allow the use of a roller guard, a different style of guard from that in use on the machine at the time of the injury; and that there was at one time a roller guard upon…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Simmons v. Chicago & Tomah RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Stafford v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Pennsylvania Co. v. BackesIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- American Malting Co. v. LeliveltAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
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