Norton v. Volzke
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of- Cook county; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. This was an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee while employed in. appellant’s factory at Maywood. At the time of his employment and at the date of his injury, in September, 1888, he was not eleven years of age.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of- Cook county; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. This was an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee while employed in. appellant’s factory at Maywood. At the time of his employment and at the date of his injury, in September, 1888, he was not eleven years of age. The declaration charges that he was employed by defendants around machinery dangerous to life and limb of any child under fourteen years of age, and while so employed and exercising due…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
It is not the province of this court to consider any questions of fact involved in this record. The case was tried in the circuit court before a jury, with a verdict for plaintiff, and the Appellate Court, by its judgment of affirmance, has settled all questions of fact, carrying with it also a finding of the negligence of appellants. By these facts we are bound, and a discussion of them is unnecessary. It is only necessary, therefore, to consider whether the jury were properly instructed by the trial court, or whether there was error in the giving or refusing of the special findings asked to…
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