Northern Milling Co. v. Mackey
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Charles G. Neely, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Windes
delivered the opinion of the court.
The first claim of appellant’s counsel is that the declaration states no cause of action. We will only consider the second count of the amended declaration, since the two counts of that declaration on which the case was tried are quite similar, and if the second count is insufficient, the first is also.
It has been repeatedly held that a declaration in a case of this kind should state facts from which the law will raise a duty from the master to the servant — must state facts from which negligence will be presumed. If it fails so…
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