Stumpf v. Corn Products Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tazewell county; the Hon. T. N. Green, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Philbrick
This is an action by appellee to recover for injury received while working for appellant. The negligence charged in the declaration is a failure to provide appellee with a reasonably safe place in which to work. Judgment below was for $1,500.
The declaration consists of three counts and they are substantially alike. Appellant was engaged in the operation of a factory for the manufacture of glucose and other corn products at Pekin, Illinois. Appellee had been employed by appellant for some time in various capacities around the factory. His employment at the time he was injured was that of an…
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