Harris v. Chicago House Wrecking Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Thomson

delivered the opinion of the court.

By this action the plaintiff, Harris, sought to recover a judgment for damages against the defendant, by reason of personal injuries, suffered by him while in the defendant’s employ. The plaintiff duly filed his declaration and the defendant its plea of not guilty. Thereafter, on July 18, 1914, an order was entered, striking the cause from the docket. On June 17, 1915, this case, with others which had been stricken from the docket, was redocketed and .placed on the trial call, and on the following day, June 18, 1915, the case…