Wright v. Avery
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The Appellate Court has affirmed a judgment against appellants in an action on the case brought in the circuit court of Will county by appellee, as administrator of the estate of William Freeman, deceased, to recover damages for injury to the means of support of his next of kin, accruing to them by reason of the alleged negligent killing of said Freeman.
Appellants were contractors on the Sanitary Drainage Canal, and deceased was killed by a stone thrown from a blast fired by the servants of appellants. The blast was fired on section 15 of the canal, and the deceased was working on section 14…
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