Pinkley v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Fayette county; the Hon. Samuel E. Dwight, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke
Samuel A. Pinkley, the appellee, brought an action of case in the circuit court of Fayette county against the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, the appellant, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in the employ of appellant. A declaration consisting of two counts was filed, alleging that on August 6, 1907, while appellee was in the employ of appellant as a servant in its supply yards at St. Elmo, Illinois, appellant received at its supply yards a car-load of green yellow-pine piling, freshly treated with creosote; that appellant, well knowing the dangers…
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