Purcell v. Degenhardt
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. J. F. Gillham, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
John Purcell, as administrator of the estate of his son, James P. Purcell, who was six years old at the time of his death, brings this suit against appellant to (recover damages on account of the death of his intestate, which was shown to have occurred in the following manner: Appellant was a street contractor and on July 24, 1916, was paving an alley in the rear of appellee’s home. In doing this he was using a street roller, which weighed about five tons and had two rollers, one following behind the other. The back roller was…
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