Muench v. Standard Brewery
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Judge, presiding Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stein
This was an action to recover for personal injuries. Appellant being in the employ of appellee was, as he testifies, ordered by its chief engineer to go upon the roof of a shed of its brewery and assist him in putting up a smoke stack which had fallen down. The engineer having fastened' one end of a coil of wire to the stack, told appellant to “ go back and pull ” at the wire. While appellant was so engaged and standing near the edge of the roof, the wire broke and he fell from the roof to the ground, thereby sustaining the injuries sued for.
The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty, upon…
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