Belskis v. Dering Coal Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. E. R. E. Kimbrough, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Petroneli Belskis, the defendant in error, brought this suit in the circuit court of Vermilion county against the plaintiff in error, the Dering Coal Company, to recover damages alleged to have resulted by reason of its willful failure to comply with certain provisions of the Mines and Miners act, whereby her husband, John Belskis, was killed. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment against plaintiff in error for $1999. The Appellate Court affirmed the judgment of the lower court and the case was brought here by petition for certiorari.
The declaration contained two counts. The first…
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