Grealish v. Sykes Steel Roofing Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Grealish v. Sykes Steel Roofing Co.

182 Ill. App. 159

CourtAppellate Court of Illinois

DecidedOctober 9, 1913

DocketGen. No. 18,347

StatusPublished

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Grealish v. Sykes Steel Roofing Co., 182 Ill. App. 159 (Ill. Ct. App. 1913).

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Opinion

Mr. Justice Gridley

delivered the opinion of the court.

Abstract of the Decision. 1. Master and servant, § 358*—when servant is of sufficient age to assume the risk of injury. A servant aged eighteen years and six months who is engaged as a helper to a mechanic in connecting rain spouts on a building, and who is required to walk upon a ledge about fourteen inches wide, twenty-five feet above the ground, is of sufficient age to appreciate the danger of his employment. 2. Master and servant, § 316*—when servant assumes the risk of injury. Where a servant assisting a mechanic in connecting rain spouts on a building was requested to throw a rope to such mechanic a distance of about ten feet, such servant being then upon a narrow ledge about twenty-five feet above the ground, held, that the servant was not misled by the order, and that he assumed the risk of falling from the ledge.

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Mr. Justice Gridley

delivered the opinion of the court.

Abstract of the Decision. 1. Master and servant, § 358*—when servant is of sufficient age to assume the risk of injury. A servant aged eighteen years and six months who is engaged as a helper to a mechanic in connecting rain spouts on a building, and who is required to walk upon a ledge about fourteen inches wide, twenty-five feet above the ground, is of sufficient age to appreciate the danger of his employment. 2. Master and servant, § 316*—when servant assumes the risk of injury. Where a servant assisting a mechanic in connecting rain spouts on a building was requested to throw a rope to such mechanic a distance of about ten feet, such servant being then upon a narrow ledge about twenty-five feet above the ground, held, that the servant was not misled by the order, and that he assumed the risk of falling from the ledge.

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