Miller v. Kelly Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. E. R E. Kimbrough, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1908.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Puterbaugh
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action in case by appellee against the appellant corporation to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee while working as a mule driver in appellant’s mine. The jury returned a verdict in favor of appellee and assessed his damages at $3,000. Judgment was rendered thereon. To reverse such judgment this appeal is prosecuted. The first count of the declaration under which the verdict was returned alleged in substance, that appellee on May 31, 1907, was working for defendant as a mule driver and in…
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