Carr v. United States Silica Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Error to the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Edgab Eldbedge, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
On April 24, 1906, while Boy Hart was loading a horizontal hole in a sand bank with dynamite he was killed by the premature explosion of the dynamite. His next of kin were brothers and sisters. His administrator brought this suit against the United States Silica Company to- recover for the loss to said next of kin. The declaration consisted of two original and three additional counts. Each count charged, in substance, that defendant was in the business of mining and selling and transporting sand, and was possessed of a certain…
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