Illinois Minerals Co. v. McCarty

This is an appeal from part of an order of the circuit court abating the second, third and fourth counts of a complaint. The question involved is whether the cause of action alleged in either of these counts of the complaint, was one which survived under the Illinois Survival Statute.

The allegations contained in all of these counts are substantially as follows: In June 1933, Joe Webb was mill foreman at Elco, Illinois, for International Silica Company which was engaged i in the business of producing, mining, milling and selling silica. At a groat expense and by the diligence of its agents and…