Momence Stone Co. v. Groves

This was a suit by appellee against appellant to recover damages for injuries received by him while he was at work as an employe of appellant at the latter’s stone crushing plant near Momence, Illinois, on December 18, 1899. At the time mentioned G. E. Beale was manager of the plant for appellant, and appellee, then nineteen years of age, was day foreman under him.- In carrying on the work, the stone taken from the quarry was placed in cars, and by them transferred along an iron track to the foot of an incline where the cars were attached to a cable and hauled up to a crusher. The cable was…