Gross v. Cuneo Press, Inc.

The action below was to recover for personal injuries. The declaration charged negligence in the operation of defendant’s motor truck whereby plaintiff was struck and injured, and wanton and wilful negligence of defendant’s employee. Defendant filed a plea of general issue, and later, by leave of court, a plea alleging that at the time of the injury plaintiff was in the employ of the Chicago Surface Lines, which employer was working under and bound by the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Cahill’s St. ch. 48, fí 201 et seq.; that defendant and its agents were also working under said statute, and…