Jones v. St. Louis, Naples & Peoria Packet Co.

The petition in this case is as follows : “ Plaintiff states that the defendant is, and at all times hereinafter mentioned was, a corporation *400organized under the laws of the state of Illinois ; that heretofore, to-wit, on Saturday, May 19, 1888, plaintiff entered into the employ of defendant as deck-hand on its steamer Calhoun, then plying between St. Louis and Peoria ; that thereafter, to-wit, on May 22, between the hours of twelve and one o’clock a. m., plaintiff, while in the discharge of his said duties, and while carrying coal onto said boat and storing the same in the coalbiii, and…