Marsden Co. v. Johnson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago County; the Hon. Charles E. Fuller, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Mt?.. Presiding Justice Crabtree
delivered the opinion of
the court.
This was an action on the case to recover damages for injuries sustained by appellee while working for appellant, on a machine called “ an extractor,” used for the purpose of extracting the pith from corn stalks. There was a trial by jury resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $700. A motion for new trial was overruled and the defendant prosecutes this appeal.
The negligence charged in the declaration was that appellant permitted the machine upon which appellee was set to work to be and remain in an…
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