Howe v. Medaris
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. E. W. Clifford, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
This is an appeal by Warren B. Howe and others, partners, owners of a paper-box factory in Chicago, from, a judgment by the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a verdict and judgment for $3250 rendered against them in the circuit court of Cook county, in favor of Albert Medaris, appellee, in an action for a personal injury. The injury was to appellee’s right hand, he having lost a thumb and two fingers in a machine for cutting* paper, in the factory of appellants.
The declaration alleged the cutting machine was operated by steam power, so adjusted that by working a lever certain…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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