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Griffen v. Schubert Coal Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District
Mar 15, 1941
309 Ill. App. 439 (Ill. App. Ct. 1941)

Opinion

Opinion filed March 15, 1941.

NEGLIGENCE, § 138injury to business invitee, judgment notwithstanding verdict. Where plaintiff's hand was injured while he was loading coal on his truck at defendant's mine chute, when he placed his hand on the outside of the shute while leveling the coal in the truck, and there was evidence that a protuberance on the conveyer chain hit his hand, plaintiff was a business invitee on the premises, and lower court erred in granting defendant judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; Hon. D.H. MUDGE, presiding.

Reversed and remanded. Heard in this court at October term, 1940.

Johnson Johnson, for appellant;

Oehmke Dunham, for appellee.


"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed March 15, 1941.


Summaries of

Griffen v. Schubert Coal Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District
Mar 15, 1941
309 Ill. App. 439 (Ill. App. Ct. 1941)
Case details for

Griffen v. Schubert Coal Co.

Case Details

Full title:Laclede Griffen, Appellant, v. Schubert Coal Company, Appellee. (Abstract…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District

Date published: Mar 15, 1941

Citations

309 Ill. App. 439 (Ill. App. Ct. 1941)
33 N.E.2d 178

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