Johnson v. Turner

This case involves the construction of section 29 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1941, ch. 48, par. 166 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 143.44]). The issues are presented by an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Lee county for $5,000 in favor of appellee against appellants in a personal injury suit.

Appellants invoke the provisions of the second paragraph of the above mentioned section 29, on the ground that appellee’s employer was bound by the Workmen’s Compensation Act, and that appellants were not so bound. The pertinent portions of section 29 are the first two…