Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co. v. Thil
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. B. R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
Appellee recovered a judgment for $2000 for a personal injury received while in the employ of Donk Bros. Coal and Coke Company as a driver in appellant’s «coal mine. The judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Fourth District, and the coal company has prosecuted an appeal to this court.
The declaration consists of two counts, both of which are based upon a breach of the common law duty of appellant to use reasonable care to provide appellee a reasonably safe place in which to perform his work, and a negligent failure of appellant to warn appellee of unusual dangers which were…
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