Hartrich v. Hawes
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Jasper county; the Hon. William M. Farmer, Judge, presiding. The following statement of facts in this case is made by the Appellate Court in their opinion deciding the case: “Appellants operated a large saw-mill, employing fifteen to twenty hands.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Jasper county; the Hon. William M. Farmer, Judge, presiding. The following statement of facts in this case is made by the Appellate Court in their opinion deciding the case: “Appellants operated a large saw-mill, employing fifteen to twenty hands. Appellee had been in their employ for two or three years as a common laborer or ‘roustabout, ’ as he terms it, doing whatever he was ordered to do. At the time of his injury appellant's were not at the mill. There is a conflict in the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
At the close of all the evidence, the appellants requested the court to instruct the jury to find for defendants, and submitted a written instruction to that effect. This instruction was refused, and its refusal is assigned for error. Where there is evidence fairly tending to prove the plaintiff’s cause of action, the jury should not be instructed to find for the defendant. (Chicago and Alton Railroad Co. v. Murphy, 198 Ill. 462; Chicago and Alton Railroad Co. v. Corson, 198 id. 98; O'Fallon Coal Co. v. Laquet, 198 id. 125; Street's Stable Car Line v. Bonander, 196 id. 15; Consolidated Coal…
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