Masonic Fraternity Temple Ass'n v. Collins
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case. —Death from negligent act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edmund W. Burke, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ball
This is an action brought by appellee to recover damages for the death of her intestate, caused July 25, 1901, by the alleged negligence of appellant in operating one of its elevators in the Masonic Temple Building.
The deceased was fifty-three years of age. He was in the employ of the Dupont, Hazard & Austin Powder Co. This company, for two years preceding his death, had its offices on the fifteenth floor of such building. He used the elevators in the building at least four times a day in going to and in coming from these offices. On the morning1 of the day he was killed he took an elevator…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Toluca, Marquette & Northern Railway Co. v. HawsIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. ScanlanIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Franklin Printing & Publishing Co. v. BehrensIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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