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  "name": "Carrie Martin, Appellee, v. Farr Brothers Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Martin v. Farr Bros.",
  "decision_date": "1918-05-13",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,745",
  "first_page": "235",
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    "parties": [
      "Carrie Martin, Appellee, v. Farr Brothers Company, Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Dever\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "MacChesney, Becker, Angerstein & Rollo, for appellant; Nathan W. MacChesney, Thomas C. Anger-stein, Robert P. Rollo and George W. Angerstein, of counsel.",
      "Thomas E. D. Bradley, for appellee; Samuel A. Harper and Clayton W. Mogg, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "Carrie Martin, Appellee, v. Farr Brothers Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 23,745.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\nMaster and servant, \u00a7 860 - \u2014 when contractor liable for injury to person stepping into excavation for curbing for alley. The contractor, and not the curbing subcontractor, is liable for injuries to a pedestrian due to stepping into an unguarded and unlighted excavation for a curbing at its intersection with an alley, where. the contract of the contractor with the city for curbing and paving streets, including alleys, provides that the contractor shall erect and maintain suitable barriers, and, during the nighttime, necessary lights because of excavations, use or occupancy of the streets, and be liable for all damages occasioned by or resulting from the use and occupancy of the grounds, the independent contractor rule not being invocable.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. David F. Matchett, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1917. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed May 13, 1918.\nRehearing denied May 27, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Carrie Martin, plaintiff, against Farr Brothers Company, defendant, to recover damages for personal injuries. From a judgment for plaintiff for $1,500, defendant appeals.\nMacChesney, Becker, Angerstein & Rollo, for appellant; Nathan W. MacChesney, Thomas C. Anger-stein, Robert P. Rollo and George W. Angerstein, of counsel.\nThomas E. D. Bradley, for appellee; Samuel A. Harper and Clayton W. Mogg, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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