Driza v. Jones & Adams Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Owen P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
Appellee recovered a judgment for $2,850.00 against appellant in the Sangamon County Circuit Court for an injury sustained by him Monday, March 7,1910, by a fall of slate from the roof of his room while working in defendant’s mine. The declaration contains several counts. In our opinion, recovery can be had only under the second or sixth counts. The second count alleges a violation of clause (a) of Section 16 of the Mining Law, in that the mine manager wilfully failed to provide a sufficient supply of props, caps and timbers, delivered at the usual place when demanded, in suitable lengths and…
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