Legal Opinion

Kinnare v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 14, 1898PublishedCited by 72 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. G. Ewing, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

The Superior Court of Cook county ruled that a declaration filed by the appellant administrator against the appellees, the city of Chicago and the board of education of the city of Chicago, alleging that the intestate of said administrator, while engaged as a workman in the construction of the roof of a school building which was being erected in said city by the board of education and the city, came to his death by reason of the negligence of the defendant corporations in failing to provide proper safeguard, railing, scaffolding, etc., for the use of the said workman, was obnoxious to a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. City of Chicago v. SebenIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Town of Waltham v. KemperIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  3. Symonds v. Board of SupervisorsIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  4. White v. County of BondIllinois Supreme Court · 1871

3Cited by72 opinions

  1. Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District No. 302Illinois Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Acorn Auto Driving School, Inc. v. Board of Education of Leyden High School District No. 212Illinois Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Bradbury v. Vandalia Levee & Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Johnston v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Daniels v. Board of EducationMichigan Supreme Court · 1916

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