Meunier v. Chicago & Carterville Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Williamson county; the Hon. Benjamin W. Pope, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This is an action of case brought by appellee against the Chicago & Carterville Coal. Company, appellant, to recover damages for an injury to appellee while he was employed as a miner by appellant.
The case was tried on issues formed on the first, third and fourth counts of the declaration, each of which alleges a wilful violation of the mining statute. The first count charges that the defendant wilfully failed to provide a sufficient supply of props, caps and timbers at the usual place in plaintiff’s room when demanded and that as a result thereof a great quantity of coal, slate and rock fell…
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