Hammond v. Woodruff & Edwards Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Mazzini Slusseb, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
In March, 1908, and for some time prior thereto, the Woodruff & Edwards Company conducted a general foundry business at Elgin, where Abram Hammond was employed as a moulder. Through the center of the building in which he worked, extending north and south, was the main passageway. On the east side of the passageway, a little north of the center of the building, was a cupola used for melting ore. About the middle of the north end of this room was a door leading into an adjoining building. Just east of this door was a wooden water barrel which had a capacity of about sixty gallons. The floor of…
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