Consolidated Coal Co. v. Haenni
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. James A. Cbeighton, Judge, presiding. ■ This is an action on .the case brought by appellee against the appellant company to recover damages for a personal injury.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. James A. Cbeighton, Judge, presiding. ■ This is an action on .the case brought by appellee against the appellant company to recover damages for a personal injury. The appellant owned two mines numbered 9 and 10. Appellee was a blacksmith, employed by appellant, and worked in the blacksmith shop at mine No. 10. One Hebenstreit was superintendent of the mines; Weissenborn was “pit boss” and Balke “top boss” of mine No. 10, and Hansinger was “boss carpenter.”…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Objections are made to the two instructions given to the jury on behalf of the plaintiff. The first instruction lays down, as one of the conditions to a right of recovery, that the jury shall “believe from the greater weight of the evidence that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as blacksmith, and that, while so employed, Weissenborn, or some other officer or agent of the defendant having authority, ordered and directed the plaintiff to assist in hoisting and putting in place a smokestack to the furnace connected with the coal mine operated by defendant, and * * * that hoisting and…
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