ALBERT G. STEPHENS v. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Case summary
Claimant sought recovery for injuries received while serving as a member of Battery A, I.N.G., at Camp Lincoln on July 29, 1900, in the same explosion that injured Baisley and Rupert. The court followed Bailey v. State of Illinois and rejected the claim for the reasons assigned in that case, without prejudice to other relief.
Cases cited: Bailey v. State of Illinois; Baisley v. State of Illinois
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- SMITH-Personal injuries received while in the service. Bai-
ALBERT G. STEPHENS
v.
THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Opinion filed March 18, 1903.
SMITH-Personal injuries received while in the service. Bailey v. The State of Illinois followed: The circumstances and material facts in this case are the same as in Bailey v. the State of Illinois and for the reasons therein assigned this claim is also rejected.
The claimant herein seeks recovery for injuries received while serving as a member of Battery A, I. N. G., at Camp Lincoln, July 29, 1900. This being the same explosion in which Charles Baisley and Jesse Rupert were also seriously injured, the circumstances and material facts were fully set forth in the opinion filed by this Commission in the claim of the said Charles Baisley.
For the reasons therein assigned this claim is also rejected, without prejudice, however, to other relief; and attention is called to the circumstance that this claimant, as did Baisley and Rupert in their claims before this Commission, has doubled the amount sought [*306] in the original House bill introduced for his reliefwhich provided for an appropriation of $500 in place of the $1,000 herein sought.
It may be reasonably assumed therefore that even in the estimation of the claimant, $500 should be the limit in attempting to fix a fair compensation for the injuries received by the claimant.