City of Chicago v. Murdock
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. S. TuThird, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case brought by the appellees, against the appellant, to recover for damages to their building resulting from the use of dynamite in the construction of a tunnel for the city.
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Appear from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. S. TuThird, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case brought by the appellees, against the appellant, to recover for damages to their building resulting from the use of dynamite in the construction of a tunnel for the city. On September 15, 1895, the city entered into a contract with J. J. Duffy for the construction of a portion of a water tunnel under the surface of the ground, extending from a point near the center of Green street and Grand…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The principal grounds of reversal insisted upon by counsel for appellant are stated as follows in their argument:(1) “The circuit court erred on the trial in permitting the witness for the appellees, William D. Kent, to answer the following question on his direct examination: T will ask whether you, on behalf of the city, made any objection to the use of dynamite in boulder clay, running from the Carroll avenue shaft west.’(2) “The circuit court erred on the trial in giving to the jury the appellees’ first and second instructions.(3) “The circuit court erred on the trial in refusing, at the…
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