Mendota Light and Heat Co. v. Lafferty
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case.—Death from negligent act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle County; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
In the year 1896 appellant was engaged in the manufacture of “ water” or “naphtha” gas in the city of Mendota, Illinois. Its superintendent at the time of the occurrence in question here was Charles Lathrop, and it had in its employ a laborer named James Lafferty. On November 20th of that year it was decided to putin a “drip” for the purpose of letting out water which might find its way into the pipe and obstruct the flow of the gas, at the end of a small main. A ditch was thereupon dug by Lafferty under the direction of Lathrop,…
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