Hakanson v. La Salle County Carbon Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Error to tbe Circuit Court of La Salle county; tbe Hon. Edgar Eldredge, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
The La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, hereinafter called the company, was engaged in opening a new coal mine at Cedar Point in La Salle county. It had sunk two shafts to the third vein and was engaged in opening main entries and other work, as hereafter stated, when, on July 3, 1907, certain pipes were being moved from one side of the main shaft to another side, and several joints of said pipes became disconnected and fell down the shaft. Hakan Bengston and others were riding down the shaft on an open platform called a float.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Moore v. Dering Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
3Cited by1 opinion
- Swengel v. La Salle County Carbon Coal Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1913