Brennen v. Chicago & Carterville Coal Co.

This was a suit brought by the appellee under the Mines and Miners act, against appellant, for damages sustained by her through the death of her husband, Peter Brennen, who was killed October 26, 1906, by an explosion in appellant’s mine in Williamson county, Illinois. The case was finally tried on four counts of the declaration, each charging a violation of said mining act. Appellant pleaded the general issue, and the trial resulted in a verdict of guilty and assessment of damages in appellee’s favor for $4000. An appeal was taken to the Appellate Court, where the judgment of the trial court…