Mueller v. Jordon Shoe Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. R. D. W. Holder, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee, a minor, by Ms next friend, brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries received by Mm while in the employ of appellant.
The declaration contained two counts, one charging that On November 17, 1906, appellee, who was then under eighteen years of age, was employed by appellant in operating a large and complicated piece of machinery run by electricity, known as a Hercules leveling machine; that it was the duty of appellant to use reasonable care to protect the dangerous portions of said machine by means of a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- East St. Louis Connecting Railway Co. v. MeekerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905
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- Rookstool v. Cudahy Packing Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1916