Hoyt Metal Co. v. Atwood

EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant in error herein, plaintiff below, brought this action in the circuit court of Madison county, *454111., to recover damages suffered through lead poisoning while in the employ of defendant. Defendant, a corporation organized under the laws of Missouri, and maintaining an office and doing business at Granite City, 111., removed the suit to the federal court. Thereafter, plaintiff filed an amended declaration, consisting of seven counts, each of which charged defendant with a willful violation of some provision of a statute of the state of Illinois known as…