Chicago City Railway Co. v. Blanchard
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Julius S. Gblnnell, Jndge, presiding. Appellee was a grip driver, and went into the employment of the appellant company under the following contract: “ This agreement witnesseth, that Wm.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Julius S. Gblnnell, Jndge, presiding. Appellee was a grip driver, and went into the employment of the appellant company under the following contract: “ This agreement witnesseth, that Wm. Blanchard, the party of the first part, having made application to the Chicago City ¡Railroad Company, party of the second part, to be employed as driver upon its cars, and in consideration of such employment, having this day paid to the party of the second part the sum of fifty dollars, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, said party of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMoran, J.
It appeared on the trial that after appellee had been at work as driver for some months, under the contract set out in the statement of facts, he was discharged on the ground that a man named Humble had been injured through his carelessness. Appellee denied that he was in any manner careless, or in any way to blame for the alleged accident, and sought to be reinstated in the employ of the company. An arrangement was made between him and the superintendent of the company by which he was taken back into the service of the company, $10 per month of his wages to go toward the payment of the sum…
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