Pankey v. Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc.

MERCER, Chief Judge.

On July 18, 1958, plaintiff, James W. Pankey, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Peoria County, Illinois, praying judgment against the defendant, Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc., for alleged damages for personal injury.

In material part the complaint alleged: That plaintiff was, on August 29, 1956, *610an employee of Val Jobst & Sons, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Jobst) a construction contractor then engaged in building a rack house for defendant on premises owned by defendant in Peoria County, Illinois; that, on said date, plaintiff, while working upon said premises as an…