Iroquois Furnace Co. v. McCrea
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. The following statement of facts in this case is made by the Appellate Court: “This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee, as is charged, through negligence of appellant. Appellee was employed as night foreman of appellant, a corporation engaged in conducting an iron foundry.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. The following statement of facts in this case is made by the Appellate Court: “This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee, as is charged, through negligence of appellant. Appellee was employed as night foreman of appellant, a corporation engaged in conducting an iron foundry. The'work of appellee consisted in part in superintending the removal of cinders and refuse from the furnaces to a…
1Per curiam
The questions whether the appellant was guilty of negligence which produced the injury, and whether the appellee was guilty of contributory negligence, and whether or not the damages assessed were excessive, are all questions of fact. These, and all the other questions of fact in the case, are settled by the judgments of the lower courts.
In disposing- of the other questions involved, the Appellate Court, in its decision, expressed the following views:
“We are of opinion that the action of appellee cannot be said to constitute negligence per se. * * *
“The evidence as to demanding more torches…
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