Illinois Steel Co. v. Novak

This appeal seeks to reverse a. judgment of the Appellate Court affirming that of the circuit court in favor of appellee, against the appellant company, in the sum of $1000.

The declaration was in trespass for assault and battery, and alleged, in substance, that on the 15th day of December, 1896, the defendant was a corporation engaged in the manufacture of iron products at South Chicago; that plaintiff, on the day aforesaid, was lawfully upon the premises of the said defendant and was conducting himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, and that thereupon a certain servant of the said…