Legal Opinion

Keefe v. Armour & Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 20, 1913PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Writ of Error to the Branch “B” Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Ben M. Smith, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed a judgment recovered by Charles Keefe, defendant in error, in the superior court of Cook county, against Armour & Co-., plaintiff in error, for damages on account of injuries suffered by the bursting of a tank which he was repairing as a boilermaker in the employ of the plaintiff in error. The record is in this court in pursuance of a writ of certiorari granted for that purpose.

There was no serious dispute as to the following facts: The plaintiff had been a boilermaker for twelve years, and during seven or eight years of that time had been…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Illinois Steel Co. v. SchymanowskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Springfield & Northwestern RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Western Stone Co. v. MuscialIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Iroquois Furnace Co. v. McCreaIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Nordhaus v. Vandalia RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1909

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. SaulSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  2. International Coal & Mining Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  3. People v. . CreasyNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
  4. Hughes v. Wabash RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1951
  5. Augenstein v. PulleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989

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