Filippi v. Cole

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of Samuel Cole and B. Leo Steif, defendants, in an action by Hugo Filippi, plaintiff, to recover the amount of compensation paid by plaintiff to Carl Lighthall, one of his employees, for an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, but which it is claimed was caused by the sole negligence of defendants. In other words, this was an action by an employer against a third party on the liability provided for by the first part of section 29 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Cahill’s St. ch. 48, ¶ 229. Defendant demurred generally, which…