Farley v. Marion Power Shovel Co.

60 Ill.2d 432 (1975)

328 N.E.2d 318

JAMES A. FARLEY, Appellee,

v.

MARION POWER SHOVEL CO., INC., et al., Appellants.

No. 46920.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1975.

Rehearing denied May 29, 1975.

James B. Bleyer, of Marion, for appellant Marion Power Shovel Co.

Mitchell & Armstrong, Ltd., of Marion, for other appellants.

Harris and Lambert, of Marion, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

This case is before us on pleadings presenting a single issue: Is a large, self-propelled power shovel used in strip-mining coal a "structure" as that term is used in the…