Canning v. McMillan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for personal injuries. In the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. Declaration in case; plea, not guilty; trial by jury; verdict for defendant by instruction of the court; error by plaintiff. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The plaintiff in error was engaged as a workman on a building in Chicago which was in process of erection by the defendant in error, as contractor therefor.
A large stone, weighing from nine hundred to a thousand pounds, had been put in place as a window cap about thirteen feet above the ground, and was directed to be removed.
The stone had been put in place by being pulled up a slddway extending from the ground to the top of a scaffold about fourteen inches lower than the bed of the cap stone, and from there the stone was rolled and pushed up shorter skids into its place. The scaffold was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. MayIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Chicago Dredging & Dock Co. v. McMahonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889