Conklin Construction Co. v. Walsh
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
An examination of the evidence in the record fails to disclose any material errors of the trial court in the admission or exclusion of evidence. While it is true that the usual duties of Shellhouse were the same as plaintiff’s, that he was a “lineman” as also was plaintiff, yet it is uncontradicted that at the time of the accident Shellhouse was performing the duties usually discharged by. the foreman, Seymour, who was temporarily incapacitated from working, he then being in a hospital suffering from an attack of appendicitis. The duties of Seymour were being performed by Skellkouse, who, in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Offutt v. World's Columbian ExpositionIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Pennsylvania Co. v. McCaffreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- West Chicago Street Ry. Co. v. WintersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903