Barnett Record Co. v. Schlapka
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria County; the Hon. Nicholas E. Worthington, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
In July and August, 1901, the Barnett & Record Company, a corporation, was erecting an annex to the Iowa elevator at Peoria. As a part of that work an excavation was dug in the earth from the annex to the elevator to form a tunnel through which grain was to be conveyed. It was about thirty-five feet long, eight feet deep and twelve feet,ivide at the bottom, with sides sloping so that it was two or three feet wider at the top. In the bottom of this ditch, or tunnel, a trench was dug on each side in which a concrete foundation was…
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