Illinois Steel Co. v. Mann
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. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. This was an action for personal injuries, brought by John Mann, an employee of the Illinois Steel Company, in the circuit court of Cook county, against the corporation which employed him, to recover for injuries alleged to have been received by him while in the employ of the defendant, in its rolling mills, about November, 1892. The plaintiff was, and had been for about twenty-six years, in the employ of the defendant in the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
Of the assignments of error made on this record and argued by appellant there is only one proper for this court to consider. The question of the negligence of appellant, and some other questions argued by counsel for appellant, are those of fact, which have been settled by the judgment of the Appellate Court.
Error is assigned by the appellant on the refusal of the trial court to give to the jury, on the trial of this cause, the following instruction:
“The court instructs the jury that an employee who continues in the service of his employer after notice of a defect increasing the danger of the…
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