McInerney v. Western Packing & Provision Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. George W. Patton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury for $7,500 in an action brought by plaintiff against defendant under the statute for the use of the next of kin, for defendant’s wrongfully causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate.
Plaintiff’s intestate, Lawler, was a laboring man in the employ of defendant, who was engaged in the business of slaughtering cattle. Lawler at and for some time previous to his death worked at “wheeling ashes” from underneath some boilers owned and operated night and day by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. PrickettIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. SwanIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated R. R. v. HawthornIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Illinois Central R. R. v. PrickettAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903