Illinois Steel Co. v. Wierzbicky
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. George W. Patton, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
Appellant’s counsel objects that the verdict is contrary to the evidence; that the court erred in its rulings on evidence and in the giving, refusing and modifying instructions.
The plaintiff testified that he had worked for the defendant about three and a half months; that during that time he worked piling the billets on the small car and pushing them into the mill two or three times a week. It appears from the evidence that the billets were loaded on the car outside the mill, and that the car, when loaded, was pushed by the men into the mill and along to the foot of the incline. Plaintiff…
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- West Chicago St. R. R. Co. v. LieserowitzAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902