Leonard v. Excelsior Motor & Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan
James Leonard recovered a judgment of two thousand five hundred dollars against Excelsior ' Motor & Manufacturing Company, plaintiff in error, for personal injuries sustained by him while employed as a laborer for said corporation.
Plaintiff in error manufactured automobile engines; and had employed defendant in error to transport the engines to and from the various parts of the factory building by means of a movable crane. The crane consisted of a triangular V-shaped truck with one side open and made of 3 x % inch iron, the three sides being between three and four feet long, and the truck was…
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- Kolp v. Decatur Railway & Light Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1908
- King v. Illinois Midland Coal Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1910