Cox v. Mount Olive & Staunton Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the cáse for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Madison County; the Hon. Benjamin B. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton
This was a suit in the Circuit Court of Madison County, by plaintiff in error against defendant in error, to recover for a personal injury sustained by plaintiff while in the service of defendant. The Circuit Court sustained a uemurrer to plaintiff’s declaration, he elected to stand by his declaration, whereupon the court rendered judgment against him in bar of his action, and for costs. The demurrer was a general demurrer, and the question presented here is, whether the declaration states a cause of action.
The declaration consists of two counts based upon clauses (c) and (d) of section 2 of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Springside Coal Mining Co. v. GroganAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893
3Cited by2 opinions
- Hanisch v. North American UnionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
- Moore v. Dering Coal Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1909