Chalmers v. Schroeder
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Presiding Justice Gary
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellant is, on this record, a corporation. The appellee a common laborer who worked for it.
A foreman in the machine shop of the appellant directed another laborer named Blae to get some help and take a casting, weighing about five tons, from a wagon. Blae called three other laborers, among them the appellee, to help.
The casting was to be swung from the wagon by a crane, of the construction of which the record does not contain a very complete description, but, as we gather, it might be blocked when a weight was suspended by it…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. MayIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway Co. v. WilsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890
- Hale Elevator Co. v. TrudeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891