Purtell v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
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. Richard S. TuThill, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Appellee recovered a judgment in the circuit court ,of Cook county against appellant for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained while working on its coal dock. The judgment was affirmed on appeal to the Appellate Court for the First District and a certificate of importance was granted. This appeal followed.
When the issues were finally made up the declaration contained three counts. • The first (a common law count) alleged that appellant was engaged in the business of dealing in coal and was possessed of a coal yard, and that appellee was employed there as a water-boy by certain of…
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