Schumann v. Mealiff

In March, 1908, plaintiff’s intestate, a licensed engineer, employed by appellants, met his death in consequence of the explosion of a boiler which he was operating. Appellants were in the business of conducting grain elevators at Kensington, in Chicago, known as elevators A and B. The power which operated the machinery in elevator A was supplied by two boilers and an engine, located in a building adjoining the elevator. These boilers were of the tubular horizontal type, consisting of a cylindrical steel shell, fifteen feet in length and four feet in diameter, encased in a covering of brick…