Chicago Dock & Canal Co. v. Fraley
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality, under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, of provisions of an Illinois statute in regard to the protection of hoists and elevators in buildings under construction, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality, under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, of provisions of an Illinois statute in regard to the protection of hoists and elevators in buildings under construction, are stated in the opinion. Section 7 of the act violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because the classification it seeks to make is according to minute rather than general distinctions. Mondou v. N. Y., N. H. & H. B. B. Co., 223 U. S. 1. It does not bring within its purview all those…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
This writ of error is directed to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, affirming a judgment in an action brought by Gertrude V. Claffy, against plaintiff in error for the violation of § 7, of a statute of the State entitled “An act providing for the protection and safety of persons in and about the construction, repairing, alteration or removal of buildings, bridges, viaducts and other structures, and to providé for the enforcement thereof.” Laws of 1907, p. 312.
Section 7 reads as follows:
“If elevating machines or hoisting apparatus are used within a building in…
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