Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Ryan

Mr. Presiding Justice Hall

delivered the opinion of the court.

William E. Barker, an employee of the plaintiff, Railway Express Agency, Incorporated, sustained injuries as the result of falling into an elevator shaft in a building owned by the defendant, William M. Ryan. Under an award made under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of the State of Illinois, plaintiff paid Barker as such employee, the sum of $3,000, and it is suing under section 29 of that act (Ill. State Bar Stats. 1935, ch. 48, ¶ 229), to recover the amount paid upon the theory that Barker suffered his injuries as…