In late 1894, when two of his workers were injured by a fallen smokestack and won $2,000 each in a court judgment, Boyce appealed the case all the way to the Supreme Court of Illinois, and lost.
1894年遅く、従業員のうちの2人が倒れてきた煙突で負傷し、裁判所判断で各人2,000ドルの補償を得たとき、ボイスはイリノイ州最高裁判所まで控訴を続け、結局は負けた。