Langan v. Enos Fire Escape Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. W. Wright, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
On August 19, 1904, Maurice Langan, the appellee, was a laborer working for Smith Bros., general mason and carpenter contractors, who were engaged in doing the mason and carpenter work in remodeling the Bijou Theater, on the south-west corner of Jackson boulevard and Halsted street, in the city of Chicago. Appellee was engaged in hoisting, with a block and tackle, window frames on the north side of the building to the second floor, and the frames were to be taken into the building through a window on the east side, facing Halsted street. The appellant, Enos Fire Escape Company, was a…
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