Slack v. Harris
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on tile Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaby, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
This is a suit to recover damages claimed to have been received by the appellee while in the service of appellant as a passenger elevator operator.
The declaration consisted, originally, of three counts, the first one of which was drawn on the theory that the engineer employed by the appellant, and under whose orders plaintiff worked, was an unskillful, ignorant and incompetent man, but said first count containing this allegation was withdrawn, and the case was tried on the theory propounded by the second and third counts.
It was averred in said second and third counts that the elevator was run…
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