Pennsylvania Co. v. Backes

On December 17,1887, appellee lost his arm, which he charged in his declaration to have happened through appellant’s negligence. He was a laborer in the employ of the Star & Orescent Flour Mills Company. The mill of the company is situated at the southeast corner of Randolph and West Water streets in Chicago, the west line of the building being flush with the east Tine of West Water street. The structure is 115 feet long, north and south, having adjoining its whole length on the west a wooden shed about twelve feet wide, with openings therei n to receive wheat and coal from freight cars. Just…