Brennan v. Industrial Commission

William Brennan, plaintiff in error, is a contractor and had a contract to construct a hard surface on a State-aid road in LaSalle county. The construction was a cement base and brick top. In doing the work the cement was mixed by a mixer operated by steam. After the cement was mixed and thrown on the roadway a float eighteen feet long, weighing between four hundred and six hundred pounds, was pulled by employees by hand, by means of • ropes attached, over the soft cement mixture for the purpose of smoothing and leveling it down. John Moore was employed by plaintiff in error to assist in…