Damrow v. Sanitary District
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard E. Burke, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice F. A. Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff was injured on October 21, 1908, while working for the Sanitary District. He brought suit January 28,1909, and on December 24, 1910, recovered a verdict for the sum of $999, upon which judgment was entered.
The Sanitary District was, at the time of the injury, engaged in excavating the north branch of the Sanitary channel at Wilmette, Cook County. This channel connected with Lake Michigan at one end and the north branch of the Chicago river at the other. The point at which they were working when the accident in question…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kath v. East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Illinois Central Railroad v. FitzpatrickIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Ross v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909