Star & Crescent Milling Co. v. Thomas
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the lion. John J?. Altgeld, Judge, presiding. This was an action by appellee, Thomas, against the milling company, appellant, to recover for a personal injury to the former, sustained October 4,1884, while employed as shipping clerk at appellant’s mill, and being precipitated from the second to the basement floor of said mill while in the act of descending from an upper floor thereof by means of an elevator which ran away with…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the lion. John J?. Altgeld, Judge, presiding. This was an action by appellee, Thomas, against the milling company, appellant, to recover for a personal injury to the former, sustained October 4,1884, while employed as shipping clerk at appellant’s mill, and being precipitated from the second to the basement floor of said mill while in the act of descending from an upper floor thereof by means of an elevator which ran away with him, by reason, as it is alleged; of the machinery and appliances of such elevator being out of repair. The declaration…
1Opinion of the CourtMcAllister, J.
A rehearing having been granted in this case, we have re-examined it with much care, and given to it all the consideration which the severe pressure of our duties would permit.
We shall not attempt to state and discuss all the questions presented on behalf of appellant upon which error is predicated, and since a new trial must'be awarded, we shall refrain from discussing the facts in any way calculated to prejudice either party upon another trial.
Under our system, no less now than before the establishment of appellate courts, such as this, the law is for the court, the facts for the jury.
After…
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