Pawnee Coal Co. v. Royce
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. F. BookwALTER, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
Plaintiff’s declaration consisted of seven counts, two of which were afterwards dismissed. ' The first charged the defendant with negligence in failing to keep entry No. 2 of its mine in a reasonably safe condition for hauling cars and the side of the track free from obstructions, but, on the contrary, suffered large quantities of stone, coal, etc., to remain along the side of the track; that while plaintiff was driving the mule hitched to a loaded car, being in the exercise of ordinary care, etc., the mule kicked him and threw him over the front end of the car in such a way that he fell…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. LewisIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Carterville Coal Co. v. AbbottIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Hall v. FullertonIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Warner v. CarltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
- Ellington v. KingIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Kellyville Coal Co. v. StrineIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- St. Louis S. F. Ry. Co. v. RichardsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Erickson v. Wagon Wheel Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- Princeton Coal Mining Co. v. LawrenceIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
- Indiana, Decatur & Western Railway Co. v. FowlerIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
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