Rice & Bullen Malting Co. v. Paulsen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Case. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. Declaration for personal injuries; plea of not guilty; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the March term, A. D. 1893, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice "Waterman
delivered the opinion oe the Court.
Appellee was injured while working for appellant in the construction of a malt elevator. The circumstances attending his injury were, that in descending from a bin upon which he was at work as a carpenter, he being upon a scaffold, laid down upon it, and holding to the outer plank thereof, endeavored to reach with his feet a ladder below, by which workmen vrént up and down; that while thus doing, the plank to which he was holding, not being fastened, slipped off and he fell with it, breaking his leg. The scaffold was constructed by…
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