Klawiter v. Jones

The original declaration in this case consisted of one count, and was filed in the superior court of Cook county on May 19, 1896, by Frank Klawiter, the plaintiff in error, against John H. Jones, who is the defendant in error, and the Illinois Steel Company. It is set out in the abstract, as follows:

“This declaration avers that on November 13, 1895, plaintiff was in the employ of defendants in a certain yard adjacent to a certain establishment commonly called á rolling mill, owned, controlled and operated by defendant Illinois Steel Company; that plaintiff, as a common laborer, while employed…