North Chicago Rolling Mill Co. v. Johnson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. H. Baenum, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scholfield
Appellant was possessed of a rolling mill, and other works connected with it, and of adjoining yards, upon which were railway tracks used for the movement of cars belonging to appellant and to other parties with whom it did business, under the management'and cohtrol of employes of appellant. Appellee was in the employ of appellant as a common laborer, and had been, for about one month, engaged in removing rails from its mill and placing them upon cars, though it was within the line of his duty to unload bricks from cars, and, in general, to perform any common labor required of him in and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Chicago & Northwestern Railroad v. MorandaIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Pennsylvania Co. v. StoelkeIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
3Cited by43 opinions
- Wenona Coal Co. v. HolmquistIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Linquist v. HodgesIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
- John Spry Lumber Co. v. DugganIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Bennett v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Gathman v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
38 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.