Acme Harvester Co. v. Chittick

This is an action on the case brought by defendant in error against plaintiff in error in the Circuit Court of Peoria county, to recover damages for injuries sustained by defendant in error while employed by plaintiff in error. Plaintiff in error operates a manufacturing establishment near Peoria and makes all kinds of farm machinery, employing from three hundred to six hundred men according to the season. Defendant in error had been employed by the Harvester Company about one month prior to the accident, and during this time he had worked around the shop generally. On the day of the…