Hakanson v. LaSalle County Carbon Coal Co.

Appellant, Elna Hakanson, filed her declaration in the circuit court of LaSalle county against appellee, the LaSalle County Carbon Coal Company, to recover damages for the death of her son, Hakan Bengtson, July 3, 1907, while in the employ of appellee. The declaration contained three counts, and based appellant’s right of recovery on appellee’s willful failure to comply with the provisions of the Mines and Miners act. The first count alleged appellee willfully violated the law by allowing appellant’s intestate, Hakan Bengtson, to enter the mine and work therein before all conditions had been…