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  "name": "John Chidley, Appellee, v. Richard Bray and A. T. Kates, Appellants",
  "name_abbreviation": "Chidley v. Bray",
  "decision_date": "1918-04-29",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,870",
  "first_page": "394",
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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    "parties": [
      "John Chidley, Appellee, v. Richard Bray and A. T. Kates, Appellants."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice McSurely\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Wallace E. Shibba and Kelly, Hale, Dammann & Coolidge, for appellants; J. F. Dammann, Jb. and Wallace E. Shibba, of counsel.",
      "Boyle & Mott, for appellee; Edward Boyle and James Arthur Miller, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "John Chidley, Appellee, v. Richard Bray and A. T. Kates, Appellants.\nGen. No. 23,870.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1917.\nReversed with finding of fact.\nOpinion filed April 29, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by John Chidley, plaintiff, against Richard Bray and A. T. Kates, defendants, to recover damages for personal injuries received while in defendants\u2019 employ. From a judgment for plaintiff for $4,000, defendants appeal.\nWallace E. Shibba and Kelly, Hale, Dammann & Coolidge, for appellants; J. F. Dammann, Jb. and Wallace E. Shibba, of counsel.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Negligence, \u00a7 47 \u2014when reasonable and probable cause of accident adopted. In an action by a servant to recover for personal injuries received through the operation of a machine, where the injury may be attributed either to a wholly speculative and inexplicable cause or to one that is natural, reasonable and probable, the Appellate Court will accept the latter.\n2. Master and servant, \u00a7 683*\u2014when verdict for plaintiff for personal injuries received while operating machine is not sustained by evidence. In an action by a servant to recover for personal injuries received while operating a machine, evidence held to show that the machine was not out of- repair, defective and unsafe, but that the injury was caused by plaintiff\u2019s own action in operating it, and not to support a verdict for plaintiff.\nBoyle & Mott, for appellee; Edward Boyle and James Arthur Miller, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vola. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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