Connelly v. Schutte

Mr. Presiding Justice Lews

delivered the opinion of the court.

By this appeal defendants seek to reverse a judgment for $5,090.38 entered on the verdict of a jury in an action by plaintiff to recover moneys paid by him to an injured employee under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

Plaintiff operates a slag processing plant on the property of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company located at 95th street and Lake Michigan in the City of Chicago, Illinois. Hot slag and other refuse drawn from the Youngstown furnace is deposited in large piles or banks where,' after a period of…