Legal Opinion

Haj v. American Bottle Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1913PublishedCited by 48 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District; — heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; "the Hon. Edgar EldrEdgE, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

Adam.Rabi Haj, a boy under the age of twenty-one years, had a claim against the appellant, the American Bottle Company, for damages on account of a personal injury received while employed by it, and on March 19, 1912, he and his father, Sam Haj, entered into a written contract with the appellee, James J. Conway, by which it was agrefed that the appellee should institute and prosecute a suit, and in case of recovery should receive for his fees one-third of any judgment that might be collected or one-third of any amount which would be received in settlement. The .next day the appellee commenced…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bickerdike v. AllenIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Meyer v. KrohnIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Carney v. TullyIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Kinkade v. GibsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1904

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. People v. Philip Morris, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Reynolds v. City of TuscolaIllinois Supreme Court · 1971
  3. Sweeney v. Morey & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
  4. McKee-Berger-Mansueto, Inc. v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  5. Cazalet v. CazaletAppellate Court of Illinois · 1944

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