Hunt v. Kile
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to tbé Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. This suit was brought by the administrator of Eli M. Davis, deceased, against Robert B. E. Peirce, receiver of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad Company, to recover damages, under the statute of the state of Illinois, for the death of Eli M. Davis, alleged to have occurred through the negligence of the. receiver of the railroad, in failing to furnish proper and adequate…
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In Error to tbé Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. This suit was brought by the administrator of Eli M. Davis, deceased, against Robert B. E. Peirce, receiver of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad Company, to recover damages, under the statute of the state of Illinois, for the death of Eli M. Davis, alleged to have occurred through the negligence of the. receiver of the railroad, in failing to furnish proper and adequate machinery and appliances, and in furnishing improper and inadequate appliances, for use by Davis and his co-laborers in their…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
It is matter of regret that in this case we cannot extend the word of commendation expressed in Godkin v. Monahan, 53 U. S. App. 604, 619, 27 C. C. A. 410, 83 Fed. 116, with reference to the manner in which the record is presented to our consideration. The case was *51simple. Tlie accident occurred by reason of the breaking of the anchor rope which let down the pile then being hauled up the skids, and Davis, struck by the falling pile, was instantly killed. The issue involved the insufficiency ol‘ the appliances furnished by Hie master for this work, and whether therein he exercised the care…
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