Killean v. Beaupre
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Edward M. Mangan, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan
Henry Beaupre and William Beaupre appealed from a judgment of $1,000 entered against them in favor of John Killean in his suit for personal injuries alleged to have been received August 12, 1910, by reason of their negligence in sending him to work on a gable roof with an insufficient roofing ladder.
Appellants pleaded the general issue to appellee’s declaration and relied, as one of their defenses to said suit, on a release under seal signed by appellee and delivered to them, releasing and discharging them from all manner of actions and from all claims of damages by him by reason of said…
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