Kellyville Coal Co. v. Hill
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court • of Vermilion County; the Hon. Ferdinand Bookwalter, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
Appellee brought suit to recover damages for injuries caused by the falling of a large loose rock upon him-from the roof of appellant’s coal mine where he was working. The negligence charged in the declaration was a willful failure to have the mine examined by a duly authorized agent to determine whether there were any dangerous conditions therein, as required by Section 4, Chapter 93, 2d Starr & Curtis’ Annotated Statutes, 2719, and willfully permitting appellee to enter the mine before the conditions were reported.
A trial was had upon a plea of general issue, which resulted in a verdict and…
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