Henrietta Coal Co. v. Campbell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. This suit is an action on the case brought by William Campbell, appellee, against the appellant coal company, a corporation, the plaintiff having been engaged in said mine as a driver.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. This suit is an action on the case brought by William Campbell, appellee, against the appellant coal company, a corporation, the plaintiff having been engaged in said mine as a driver. The declaration consists of three counts, in all of which it is charged that on the 11th day of December, 1901, the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant as driver. The first count charges the duty of the defendant to exercise…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Ricks
Counsel for appellant first contend that “the evidence does not support the verdict and the verdict should have been for the defendant,” because the evidence does not show defendant to have been negligent and does show appellee to have been lacking in due care. The affirmance by the Appellate Court of the judgment of the trial court in this case conclusively settles all questions of fact, except in so far as it may be necessary to consider the evidence in disposing of appellant’s charge that the testimony does not sustain the verdict.
As bearing upon the points raised and alluded to, the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- North Chicago Street Railway Co. v. CottonIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Co. v. SobkowiakIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co. v. StroffIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
3Cited by11 opinions
- National Fuel Co. v. McNultySupreme Court of Colorado · 1918
- Carney Coal Co. v. BenedictWyoming Supreme Court · 1914
- I. G. N. R. R. Co. v. WrayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
- Hamilton v. Spring Valley Coal Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1908
- Brazil Block Coal Co. v. HotelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1911
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