Illinois Supreme Court February 21, 1906 (Joseph Taylor Coal Co. v. Dawes)

Mr. Justice Hand

delivered the opinion of the court:

This was an action on the case brought by the appellee against the appellant in the circuit court of St. Clair county to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been sustained by the appellee while in the employ of the appellant as a-coal miner, by reason of the cage upon which he was descending into the mine of the appellant being