Missouri & Illinois Coal Co. v. Schwalb
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case.—Failure to make an examination of a mine. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. Alonzo S. Wilderman, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion per Curiam.
Adolph Schwalb was killed in the mine of appellant on the 11th of April, 1896, about half past eleven in the forenoon, by the falling of a “pot” or “clod” of dirt from twelve to fifteen feet in diameter, thin at the edges and eight inches thick in the middle, from the roof of the room in which he had been working. At about eleven o’clock of the forenoon of the above date he was called to the foot of the shaft, where for some reason he was discharged. He returned to the room for his tools, and while getting them the “ pot ” or “ clod ” fell, causing his death. This action is…
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