Consolidated Barb Wire Co. v. Maxwell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1904.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
This is a suit brought by John W. Maxwell against the Consolidated Barb Wire Company to recover damages for an injury sustained by him while in the employ of the plaintiff in error. The trial in the Circuit Court resulted in a verdict in favor of defendant in error for $1,000, from which $5 was remitted and judgment rendered for $995. The defendant company sues out this writ of error to reverse that judgment.
The Consolidated Barb Wire Company was engaged in the manufacture of barb wire at Joliet, Illinois. Defendant in error was in its employ as a machinist, and had general charge of all the…
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