Weber Wagon Co. v. Kehl
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action brought by Peter Kehl, against the Weber Wagon Company, to recover for the loss of a hand cut off by the machinery of the defendant while he was in the service of the company as a day laborer.
It appears from the evidence that plaintiff, in the month of February, 1887, entered the employ of defendant company, which owned and operated a wagon factory at Auburn Park, in the city of Chicago. His duty in his employment, until August, 1887, was the operation of a wood-working machine ■called a “matcher.” In August the factory was destroyed by Are, and was rebuilt and ready for…
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