Kellyville Coal Co. v. Bruzas
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. J. W. Craig, Judge, presiding. This is an- action on the case in the circuit court of Vermilion county, brought by appellee, Jennie Bruzas, against appellant, the Kellyville Coal Company, to recover damages for causing the death of her husband, Joseph Bruzas, in defendant’s coal mine.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. J. W. Craig, Judge, presiding. This is an- action on the case in the circuit court of Vermilion county, brought by appellee, Jennie Bruzas, against appellant, the Kellyville Coal Company, to recover damages for causing the death of her husband, Joseph Bruzas, in defendant’s coal mine. On the trial before the court and a jury, judgment was rendered in plaintiff’s favor for $1700, which has been affirmed by the Appellate Court, and this further appeal is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The original declaration consisted of four counts, but a demurrer was sustained to the first and third and the court instructed the jury to find for the defendant under the second. The finding and judgment for the plaintiff were upon the fourth and an additional count. The wrong charged in the fourth was the failure of the mine manager to keep the men out of the entry which had been marked dangerous and in which plaintiff’s intestate was killed, “except under the direction of the mine manager, until all conditions had been made safe.” The additional count is: “That the defendant willfully…
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- Morgan v. Wabash RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910
- Driza v. Jones & Adams Coal Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1912
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