Bettis v. Chicago Coated Board Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
The relationship of the parties at the time plaintiff sustained injuries to his person, compensation for which a jury rendered a verdict and the trial court entered a judgment for $2,500, was that of master and servant.
The declaration originally consisted of five counts, but the court, by instruction, eliminated the second, third, fourth and fifth counts from the cause, and the case was submitted to the jury on the first count.
The negligence averred in the first count is, that defendant’s duty was to furnish plaintiff with a safe place in which to work, in smoothing out wrinkles in the paper…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. MyersIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- International Packing Co. v. CichowiczAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903