Pioneer Fireproof Construction Co. v. Hansen
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. This is an action for damages under the statute by Louise Hansen, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Oscar Hansen, against the George A. Fuller Company and the Pioneer Fireproof Construction Company.
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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 is an action for damages under the statute by Louise Hansen, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Oscar Hansen, against the George A. Fuller Company and the Pioneer Fireproof Construction Company. In February, 1892, the Georg'e A. Fuller Company was engaged, as general contractor, in erecting a, fourteen-story building at 34 and 36 Washington street, Chicago. The deceased, Oscar Hansen, was an employe of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The main contention of the appellant in this case is, that the court refused to give the fourth instruction asked by the appellant. That instruction told the jury that, if they believed from the evidence, that the servants of the defendant, the Pioneer Fireproof Construction Company, were not left entirely free as to the manner of doing the work, in which they were engaged at the time the accident occurred, but that the George A. Fuller Company, as general contractor, retained control over them with the power to direct them in the manner of doing the particular work in which they were…
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