Morris v. Taylor Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Williamson county; the Hon. DeWitt T. Hartwell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice McBride
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellee recovered a judgment against appellant for $370 and costs, to reverse which this appeal is prosecuted.
This was an action at common law for negligence of the defendant in failing to furnish plaintiff with a reasonably safe place to work. It appears from the record that the appellant had filed a written notice with the Industrial Board by which it elected not to accept the provisions of the Compensation Act, but appellee failed to prove that a notice of this had been posted at the mine, and appellant has devoted much…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pennsylvania Co. v. ChapmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Carlson v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Frere v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1915
- Hughes v. Eldorado Coal & Mining Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1915
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- Humphrey v. TerryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1955
- Nordland v. POOR SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS, ETC.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1955