Wilson v. Monmouth Pottery Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. Robert J. Grier, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
Appellant, Harry Wilson, was employed by appellee, the Monmouth Pottery Company, during a part of July and August, 1905, to repair its smoke stacks at its plant in Monmouth, Illinois, and during the latter part of August was engaged in rebuilding the flues in a stack about six feet square and sixty-five feet high. There were two of these flues about two and one-half feet wide east and west and five and a half feet in length. They were built of fire brick, had four inch walls, and occupied practically the entire inside of the stack. Each was independent of the stack, and of the other, with a…
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