Geneva Construction Co. v. Martin Transfer & Storage Co.

Mr. Chile Justice Bristow

delivered the opinion of the court:

This court has allowed the petition for leave to appeal of defendant, Martin Storage and Transfer Company, from a judgment of the Appellate Court, affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Kane County entered in favor of plaintiffs, Geneva Construction Company and its employee, Frank J. Powers, in the amount of $15,000, for personal injuries sustained by Frank J. Powers.

This appeal presents essentially two questions of law: first, whether, under the status of the law after the first paragraph of section 29 of the Workmen’s…