Mt. Olive & Staunton Coal Co. v. Rademacher
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin couniy; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin couniy; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. This is. an action of trespass on the case, begun on May 11,1899, in the circuit court of Macoupin county by the appellee, as widow of John Rademacher, deceased, against the appellant to recover damages for the death of her husband, caused by the falling* of slate from the roof of a coal mine entry in appellant’s mine, while the deceased was working therein. The trial in the circuit court before the court and a jury…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—Appellant claims that the trial court committed an error in permitting the appellee to prove that there were no props at the bottom of the mine. Several questions were asked of several witnesses by the appellee, requiring them to state whether or not there were any props at the bottom of the shaft at a certain time.= These questions were objected to by counsel for the appellant upon the ground that the statute does not require props to be kept at any• particular place; but the objections thus made were overruled,' and the witnesses were allowed to answer, and the appellant excepted.…
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